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Dudley R. Herschbach
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Dudley R. Herschbach

Scientist · born June 18, 1932

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Dudley Robert Herschbach is an American chemist at Harvard University. He won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with Yuan T. Lee and John C. Polanyi "for their contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes".

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  1. ~36Named Guggenheim Fellowship1968
  2. ~54Received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry1986
  3. ~59Received the National Medal of Science1991

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