John D. Roberts

American chemist (1918–2016)

1918 – 2016 ·

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Born: 8 June 1918, Los Angeles
Died: 29 October 2016, Pasadena
Citizenship: United States
Residence: California
Educated at: University of California, Los Angeles
Field of work: chemistry, physical chemistry, spectroscopy
Employer: Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology, University of California, Los Angeles
Member of: National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, White House press corps, American Philosophical Society
Awards: Willard Gibbs Award, ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, National Medal of Science, Priestley Medal, NAS Award in Chemical Sciences, Tolman Award, Arthur C. Cope Award, Centenary Prize, Nakanishi Prize, Welch Award in Chemistry
doctoral advisor: William Gould Young
doctoral student: George M. Whitesides
family name: Roberts
given name: John
instance of: human
languages spoken, written or signed: English
sex or gender: male

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John Dombrowski Roberts (June 8, 1918 – October 29, 2016) was an American chemist. He made contributions to the integration of physical chemistry, spectroscopy, and organic chemistry for the understanding of chemical reaction rates. Another characteristic of Roberts' work was the early use of NMR, focusing on the concept of spin coupling.

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