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Walter Kohn

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Walter Kohn was an Austrian American theoretical physicist and theoretical chemist. He was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with John Pople for developing density functional theory, a method for describing the electronic structure of molecules and materials that reshaped computational chemistry.

Facts
Birth Year
1923 1
Death Date
2016-04-19 1
Death Year
2016 1
Death Place
Santa Barbara, United States 1
Nationality
Austria 1
Nationality
Canada 1
Nationality
United States 1
Notable Work
density functional theory 1
Birthplace
Vienna, Austria 1
Field
Field (category)
Physics 1
Field (category)
Chemistry 1
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1. Walter Kohn (Wikidata)
  • P570 (date of death): year
    +2016-04-19T00:00:00Z
  • P570 (date of death): full date
    +2016-04-19T00:00:00Z
  • P27 (country of citizenship): Canada
    Q16
  • P20 (place of death): Santa Barbara, United States
    Q159288
  • P27 (country of citizenship): United States
    Q30
  • P19 (place of birth): Vienna, Austria
    Q1741
  • P27 (country of citizenship): Austria
    Q40
  • P800 (notable work): density functional theory
    Q1048589
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Walter Kohn (Wikipedia)
  • Works In: Physics, Lead sentence
    Walter Kohn (; March 9, 1923, April 19, 2016) was an Austrian-American theoretical physicist and theoretical chemist.
  • Works In: Chemistry, Lead sentence
    Walter Kohn (; March 9, 1923, April 19, 2016) was an Austrian-American theoretical physicist and theoretical chemist.
  • Member Of: National Academy of Sciences, Article text
    In 1963 Kohn became a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1969, and a member of the American P
  • Member Of: American Physical Society, Categories
    Category:Fellows of the American Physical Society
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