William Lipscomb

Also known as William Nunn Lipscomb, Jr.

Nobel Prize-winning American inorganic and organic chemist

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William Lipscomb was an American male musician associated with acoustic Texas blues, blues, and Texas blues. He was recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection, the Nobel Laureates collection, and the Nobel Chemistry collection. His musical career included five works.

The name William Lipscomb is also associated with an author who lived from 1754 to 1832. This individual wrote three works, including *Poems and translations [by W.L.]* and *Beneficial effects of inoculation*.

A separate William Lipscomb, born on December 9, 1919, and died in April 2011, was a recipient of one Nobel Prize. This individual is referenced by 287 other encyclopedia articles.

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1976
“for his studies on the structure of boranes illuminating problems of chemical bonding”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: William
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Cleveland
Place of death: Cambridge
Occupation: university teacher
Educated at: University of Kentucky
Employer: University of Minnesota
Languages spoken: English language
Award: Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry
Doctoral advisor: Linus Pauling
Student of: Linus Pauling
Field of work: biochemistry
Image: William n lipscomb jr.jpg

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name in native language: William Nunn Lipscomb, Jr.
Commons category: William Lipscomb
date of birth: 1919-12-09
date of death: 2011-04-11
cause of death: pneumonia
member of: American Physical Society
manner of death: natural causes
student: Roald Hoffmann

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Encyclopedic overview

William Nunn Lipscomb Jr. (December 9, 1919 – April 14, 2011) was a Nobel Prize-winning American inorganic and organic chemist working in nuclear magnetic resonance, theoretical chemistry, boron chemistry, and biochemistry.

Biography

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