Edgar Bright Wilson
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Edgar Bright Wilson was an American university teacher and human born in Tennessee in 1908. He was educated at the California Institute of Technology and served as a doctoral student under Linus Pauling. His professional career included employment at Harvard University. He had a child named Kenneth G. Wilson.
Wilson received the Elliott Cresson Medal, the Willard Gibbs Award, the ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, and the National Medal of Science. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He was a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. He died in Cambridge on July 12, 1992.
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edgar
- Family name
- Wilson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- Place of death
- Cambridge
- Child
- Kenneth G. Wilson
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- California Institute of Technology
- Employer
- Harvard University
- Doctoral advisor
- Linus Pauling
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- date of death
- 1992-07-12
- date of birth
- 1908-12-18
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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