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John B. Goodenough
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John B. Goodenough

Inventor · born July 25, 1922 · died 2023

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John Bannister Goodenough was an American materials scientist, a solid-state physicist, and a Nobel laureate in chemistry. From 1986 he was a professor of Materials Science, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Milestones, by age

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  1. ~79Received the Japan Prize2001
  2. ~87Received the Enrico Fermi Award2009
  3. ~89Received the National Medal of Science2011
  4. ~96Received the Benjamin Franklin Medal2018
  5. ~97Received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry2019
  6. ~97Received the Copley Medal2019

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