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John Pople

Chemistry

Sir John Anthony Pople was a British theoretical chemist awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1998, shared with Walter Kohn, for developing computational methods that let researchers calculate the properties of molecules using quantum mechanics. His methods and software became standard tools across chemistry for predicting molecular structure and behavior.

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Birth Year
1925 1
Death Date
2004-03-15 1
Death Year
2004 1
Death Place
Chicago, United States 1
Nationality
United Kingdom 1
Birthplace
Burnham-on-Sea, United Kingdom 1
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Field (category)
Physics 1
Field (category)
Chemistry 1
Field (category)
Mathematics 1
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1. John Pople (Wikidata)
  • P570 (date of death): year
    +2004-03-15T00:00:00Z
  • P570 (date of death): full date
    +2004-03-15T00:00:00Z
  • P27 (country of citizenship): United Kingdom
    Q145
  • P20 (place of death): Chicago, United States
    Q1297
  • P19 (place of birth): Burnham-on-Sea, United Kingdom
    Q1247822
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John Pople (Wikipedia)
  • Works In: Chemistry, Lead sentence
    Sir John Anthony Pople (31 October 1925-15 March 2004) was a British theoretical chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Walter Kohn in 1998 for his development of computational methods in quantum chemistry.
  • Member Of: Royal Society, Article text
    He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1961. He was made a Knight Com
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