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F. Sherwood Rowland
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F. Sherwood Rowland

Author · born June 28, 1927 · died 2012

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Frank Sherwood "Sherry" Rowland was an American Nobel laureate and a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. His research was on atmospheric chemistry and chemical kinetics.

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  1. ~34Named Guggenheim Fellowship1961
  2. ~62Received the Japan Prize1989
  3. ~67Received the Albert Einstein World Award of Science1994
  4. ~68Received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry1995

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