Born
December 9, 1919
Cleveland, United States
Died
April 14, 2011
Cambridge, United States
Known for
Nobel Prize-winning American inorganic and organic chemist
William Lipscomb (1919–2011) was United States best known for Nobel Prize-winning American inorganic and organic chemist.
William Nunn Lipscomb Jr. (December 9, 1919 – April 14, 2011) was an American chemist and university teacher. He was awarded the 1976 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his studies on the structure of boranes, which illuminated fundamental problems of chemical bonding. His work greatly advanced the understanding of complex molecular structures.
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William Lipscomb died on April 14, 2011 in Cambridge, United States, at the age of 91.
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William Lipscomb was born in Cleveland, United States on December 9, 1919.
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William Lipscomb is best known for Nobel Prize-winning American inorganic and organic chemist.
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William Lipscomb was 91 years old at the time of death.
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