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Herbert C. Brown

  • London: May 22, 1912 celebration
  • West Lafayette: December 19, 2004 celebration
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    Herbert C. Brown  

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    United States, United Kingdom  

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    Herbert C. Brown

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    Herbert Charles Brown  

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  • celebration Date of birth

    London: May 22, 1912  

  • deceased Rest in Peace

    West Lafayette: December 19, 2004  

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  • engineering Field of Work

    1. organic chemistry
     

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    1. Ei-ichi Negishi
    2. Akira Suzuki
     

  • school Education

    1. Wilbur Wright College
    2. University of Chicago
    3. Malcolm X College
     

  • trophy Awards & Honors

    1. Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry (1971)
    2. Oesper Award (1990)
    3. American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal (1986)
    4. Linus Pauling Award (1968)
    5. Priestley Medal (1981)
    6. National Medal of Science (1969)
    7. Centenary Prize (1955)
    8. NAS Award in Chemical Sciences (1987)
    9. Perkin Medal (1982)
    10. American Chemical Society Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry (1960)
    11. Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1979)
    12. Chemical Pioneer Award (1975)
    13. honorary doctor of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (1998)
    14. Remsen Award (1961)
    15. Elliott Cresson Medal (1978)
    16. William H. Nichols Medal (1959)
     

  • social_leaderboard Notable Works

     
  • American chemist (1912–2004) | Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry (1971), Oesper Award (1990), American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal (1986), Linus

1. Robert Lepenies

  • Berlin: May 22, 1984 celebration

Political scientist and philosopher working on global sustainability and science advice. Executive committee of Global Young Academy. | Fulbright Scholarship

2. Nikolai Mykola Udianskyi

  • Kharkiv: May 22, 1983 celebration

Ukrainian IT entrepreneur, social activist and scientist | Kharkiv National Automobile and Highway University, National University of Internal Affairs

3. Thomas Christian Bonne

  • May 22, 1977 celebration

researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-4714-1981) | University of Copenhagen, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University | May 22, 1977 - January 1, 1772 | Thomas

4. Katharina A. Zweig

  • Hamburg: May 22, 1976 celebration

German computer scientist | Communicator Award of DFG (2019) | University of Tübingen | Hamburg: May 22, 1976 - Aalborg: February 28, 1970 | Katharina A.

5. Tereza Obolevich

  • May 22, 1974 celebration

Pontifical University of John Paul II | May 22, 1974 - Woods Hole: August 16, 1957 | Tereza Obolevich | May 22, 1974 - Woods Hole: August 16, 1957

6. Emmanuelle Pouydebat

  • Paris: May 22, 1973 celebration

French researcher | Knight of the Legion of Honour (2019), CNRS silver medal (2019) | Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne

7. Carlos Andrés Segovia (Carlos Andres Segovia)

  • May 22, 1970 celebration

British historian and philosopher | May 22, 1970 - Panama: January 20, 1902 | Carlos Andrés Segovia (Carlos Andres Segovia) | May 22, 1970 - Panama: January 20, 1902

8. Thomas Schick

  • Alzey: May 22, 1969 celebration

German mathematician | Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2019) | Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz | Alzey: May 22, 1969 - January 6, 2025

9. Lucia Caporaso

  • Rome: May 22, 1965 celebration

Italian mathematician (1965-) | Bartolozzi Prize (1997), Sloan Fellowship | Sapienza University of Rome (1989), Harvard University (1993) | Rome: May 22, 1965

10. Andres Luure

  • Tallinn: May 22, 1959 celebration

Estonian philosopher and Wikipedian | Order of the White Star, 5th Class (2013), Estonian Volunteer of the Year (2008) | Tallinn University, University of

11. David McComas

  • Milwaukee: May 22, 1958 celebration

American space physicist | Arctowski Medal (2023), James B. Macelwane Medal (1993) | University of California, Los Angeles, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

12. Giuseppe Buttazzo

  • Castri di Lecce: May 22, 1954 celebration

Italian mathematician | University of Pisa, Scuola Normale Superiore | Castri di Lecce: May 22, 1954 - Milan: September 9, 1973 | Giuseppe Buttazzo | Castri di

13. Shuji Nakamura

  • Ikata: May 22, 1954 celebration

Japanese doctor of Engineering (1954-), inventor of the blue LED, 2014 Nobel laureate in Physics | honorary doctor of Toulouse-III University (2019), Queen

14. Volodymyr Kapustian

  • Dnipro: May 22, 1953 celebration

Ukrainian mathematician | Ukrainian State University of Science and Technologies | Dnipro: May 22, 1953 - Lviv: August 19, 1961 | Volodymyr Kapustian | Dnipro

15. Pavel Vodička (Pavel Vodicka)

  • Prague: May 22, 1952 celebration

researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-2376-1243) | Prague: May 22, 1952 - December 14, 2016 | Pavel Vodička (Pavel Vodicka) | Prague: May 22, 1952 - December 14, 2016

16. Christopher Peacocke

  • United Kingdom: May 22, 1950 celebration

British philosopher | Guggenheim Fellowship (2022) | Magdalen College School, University of Oxford, Harvard University, Exeter College | United Kingdom: May

17. Harold R. Parks

  • May 22, 1949 celebration

American mathematician | Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013) | Princeton University | May 22, 1949 - Rome: August 28, 2013 | Harold R. Parks

18. Tõnu Karu (Tonu Karu)

  • Keila: May 22, 1948 celebration

Estonian politician | University of Tartu, Keila School | Keila: May 22, 1948 - January 1, 1985 | Tõnu Karu (Tonu Karu) | Keila: May 22, 1948 - January 1, 1985

19. Enn Kaup

  • Võrnu: May 22, 1946 celebration

Estonian biologist and physicist | University of Tartu | Võrnu: May 22, 1946 - Bonn: June 2, 1956 | Enn Kaup | Võrnu: May 22, 1946 - Bonn: June 2, 1956

20. Curtis Carlson

  • Providence: May 22, 1945 celebration

American businessman | Rutgers University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Providence: May 22, 1945 - January 30, 1966 | Curtis Carlson | Providence: May 22

21. Spencer Bloch

  • New York City: May 22, 1944 celebration

American mathematician | Humboldt Prize, Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2021), Humboldt Research Fellowship, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and

22. Jean-Louis Salager

  • Montpellier: May 22, 1944 celebration

French–Venezuelan chemical engineer | Montpellier: May 22, 1944 - Bern: May 29, 1922 | Jean-Louis Salager | Montpellier: May 22, 1944 - Bern: May 29, 1922

23. Bogumił Brzezinski (Bogumil Brzezinski)

  • May 22, 1943 celebration

chemist | Humboldt Prize, Humboldt Research Fellowship, Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta | Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań | May 22, 1943

24. Ted Kaczynski

  • Evergreen Park: May 22, 1942 celebration
  • Federal Medical Center, Butner: June 10, 2023 deceased

American domestic terrorist, mathematician and anarchist (1942–2023) | Industrial Society and Its Future, Anti-Tech Revolution: Why and How | Eliot House

25. Kieran Egan

  • Clonmel: May 22, 1942 celebration
  • May 12, 2022 deceased

educational philosopher and student of the classics, anthropology, cognitive psychology, and cultural history | Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

26. Jayanta Kumar Ghosh

  • Kolkata: May 22, 1937 celebration
  • United States: September 30, 2017 deceased

Indian statistican (1937-2017) | Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (1981), Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1975)

27. Facundo Cabral

  • La Plata: May 22, 1937 celebration
  • Guatemala City: July 9, 2011 deceased

Argentine singer and songwriter (1937–2011) | La Plata: May 22, 1937 - Guatemala City: July 9, 2011 | Facundo Cabral - Rodolfo Enrique Cabral Camiñas | La

28. George H. Heilmeier

  • Philadelphia: May 22, 1936 celebration
  • Plano: April 21, 2014 deceased

American engineer and businessman (1936-2014) | Edwin H. Land Medal (2006), IEEE Frederik Philips Award (1985), Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology (2005), IEEE

29. Márton Kaposi (Marton Kaposi)

  • Mezőberény: May 22, 1936 celebration

Hungarian philosopher, aesthetics and university teacher | Eötvös Loránd University, University of Szeged | Mezőberény: May 22, 1936 - Zurich: December 13, 1940

30. Robert François Raymond Marty (Robert Francois Raymond Marty)

  • May 22, 1936 celebration

May 22, 1936 - Igls: October 26, 1973 | Robert François Raymond Marty (Robert Francois Raymond Marty)

31. Anatolij Mikhajlovskij

  • May 22, 1935 celebration
  • December 21, 2014 deceased

Soviet physicist (1935-2014) | National Research Nuclear University | May 22, 1935 - December 21, 2014 | Anatolij Mikhajlovskij | May 22, 1935 - December 21

32. Don Cupitt

  • Oldham: May 22, 1934 celebration
  • Addenbrooke's Hospital: January 18, 2025 deceased

British theologian (1934–2025) | Charterhouse School, Trinity Hall | Oldham: May 22, 1934 - Addenbrooke's Hospital: January 18, 2025 | Don Cupitt | Oldham

33. Ivo Tretera

  • Prague: May 22, 1933 celebration
  • Prague: January 7, 2012 deceased

Czech philosopher and university educator (1933-2012) | Prague: May 22, 1933 - Prague: January 7, 2012 | Ivo Tretera | Prague: May 22, 1933 - Prague: January 7, 2012

34. Chen Jingrun

  • Fuzhou: May 22, 1933 celebration
  • Beijing: March 19, 1996 deceased

Chinese mathematician (1933-1996) | Hua Loo-Keng Prize of Mathematics (1992), Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (1980), Pioneer of Reform (2018)

35. Richard Palais

  • Lynn: May 22, 1931 celebration

mathematician working in geometry | Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013) | Harvard University | Lynn: May 22, 1931 - Cambridge: November 22, 1944

36. Czesław Olech (Czeslaw Olech)

  • Pińczów: May 22, 1931 celebration
  • Warsaw: July 1, 2015 deceased

Polish mathematician (1931-2015) | Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1977), honorary doctor of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow (2006), Polish

37. André Haefliger (Andre Haefliger)

  • Nyon: May 22, 1929 celebration
  • March 7, 2023 deceased

Swiss mathematician (1929–2023) | honorary doctor of ETH Zürich (1992), honorary doctorate of University of Burgundy (1997), Steele Prize for Mathematical

38. George Andrew Olah

  • Budapest: May 22, 1927 celebration
  • Beverly Hills: March 8, 2017 deceased

Hungarian chemist (1927-2017) | honorary doctor of the Ohio State University, honorary citizen of Budapest (2006), Arthur C. Cope Award (2001), Tolman Award

39. Abdulalim Abdullah Shabazz

  • Bessemer: May 22, 1927 celebration
  • Grambling: June 25, 2014 deceased

American mathematician (1927-2014) | Lincoln University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cornell University, Dunbar High School | Bessemer: May 22, 1927

40. George S. Hammond

  • Auburn: May 22, 1921 celebration
  • Portland: October 5, 2005 deceased

American chemist (1921–2005) | Priestley Medal (1976), Remsen Award (1970), National Medal of Science (1994), Oesper Award (1999), Othmer Gold Medal (2003)

41. Andrei Bitsadze

  • Tskhrukveti: May 22, 1916 celebration
  • Moscow: April 6, 1994 deceased

Georgian mathematician (1916-1994) | Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1975), Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1966), Order of the October Revolution

42. Sun Ra

  • Birmingham: May 22, 1914 celebration
  • Birmingham: May 30, 1993 deceased

American jazz composer and bandleader (1914–1993) | NEA Jazz Masters | Jazz in Silhouette, Purple Night, The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume One | A.

43. Zhang Wei

  • May 22, 1913 celebration
  • October 4, 2001 deceased

Chinese engineer | Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (1994), Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (1955) | Southwest Jiaotong University

44. Herbert C. Brown

  • London: May 22, 1912 celebration
  • West Lafayette: December 19, 2004 deceased

American chemist (1912–2004) | Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry (1971), Oesper Award (1990), American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal (1986), Linus

45. Friedrich Pollock

  • Freiburg im Breisgau: May 22, 1894 celebration
  • Montagnola: December 16, 1970 deceased

German social scientist (1894–1970) | Goethe University Frankfurt | Freiburg im Breisgau: May 22, 1894 - Montagnola: December 16, 1970 | Friedrich Pollock

46. Stavros Plakidis

  • Istanbul: May 22, 1893 celebration
  • January 30, 1991 deceased

Greek Astronomer and Astrophysicist | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | Istanbul: May 22, 1893 - January 30, 1991 | Stavros Plakidis | Istanbul

47. Karl Llewellyn

  • Seattle: May 22, 1893 celebration
  • Chicago: February 13, 1962 deceased

American legal scholar (1893–1962) | Yale College, Yale Law School | Seattle: May 22, 1893 - Chicago: February 13, 1962 | Karl Llewellyn | Seattle: May 22

48. Bronisław Knaster (Bronislaw Knaster)

  • Warsaw: May 22, 1893 celebration
  • Wrocław: November 3, 1980 deceased

XXth century Mathematician (1893–1980) | Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Gold Cross of Merit | Knaster–Tarski theorem

49. Antenor Orrego

  • Chancaybaños District: May 22, 1892 celebration
  • Lima: July 17, 1960 deceased

Peruvian writer and philosopher | National University of Trujillo | Chancaybaños District: May 22, 1892 - Lima: July 17, 1960 | Antenor Orrego | Chancaybaños

50. Gustav Robert Paalen

  • May 22, 1873 celebration

May 22, 1873 - Berkeley: December 12, 2017 | Gustav Robert Paalen | May 22, 1873 - Berkeley: December 12, 2017

51. Coleridge Farr

  • May 22, 1866 celebration
  • January 27, 1943 deceased

Physicist, electrical engineer, university professor (1866–1943) | Hector Medal (1922), Fellow of the Physical Society of London, Fellow of the Royal

52. Alfred Cardew Dixon

  • Northallerton: May 22, 1865 celebration
  • Northwood: May 4, 1936 deceased

English mathematician (1865-1936) | Fellow of the Royal Society (1904), Smith's Prize (1888) | Dixon's identity, Dixon's elliptic functions | Trinity College

53. Anton Willem Nieuwenhuis

  • Papendrecht: May 22, 1864 celebration
  • Leiden: September 1, 1953 deceased

Dutch ethnographer and physicist (1864–1953) | Leiden University | Papendrecht: May 22, 1864 - Leiden: September 1, 1953 | Anton Willem Nieuwenhuis

54. Georg Forchhammer

  • Aalborg: May 22, 1861 celebration
  • Ordrup: July 23, 1938 deceased

Danish physicist | Decoration of the Cross of Honour of the Dannebrog (1926), Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog (1905) | Herlufsholm School, University of Copenhagen

55. Baden Baden-Powell

  • Kensington: May 22, 1860 celebration
  • October 3, 1937 deceased

English aviator (1860-1937) | Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society | Kensington: May 22, 1860 - October 3, 1937

56. Gustav Kohn

  • Rychnov nad Kněžnou: May 22, 1859 celebration
  • Vienna: December 15, 1921 deceased

Austrian mathematician (1859–1921) | University of Vienna, University of Rostock | Rychnov nad Kněžnou: May 22, 1859 - Vienna: December 15, 1921 | Gustav

57. Ilya Rubanovich

  • Odesa: May 22, 1859 celebration
  • Berlin: October 16, 1922 deceased

Russian socialist | Odesa University | Odesa: May 22, 1859 - Berlin: October 16, 1922 | Ilya Rubanovich | Odesa: May 22, 1859 - Berlin: October 16, 1922

58. Vasily Isayev

  • May 22, 1854 celebration

Medical faculty of Moscow University | May 22, 1854 - Indiana University School of Medicine: December 14, 1982 | Vasily Isayev | May 22, 1854 - Indiana

59. Hans Jüptner von Jonstorff (Hans Juptner von Jonstorff)

  • Vienna: May 22, 1853 celebration
  • Vienna: September 6, 1941 deceased

Austrian chemist (1853–1941) | TU Wien | Vienna: May 22, 1853 - Vienna: September 6, 1941 | Hans Jüptner von Jonstorff (Hans Juptner von Jonstorff)

60. Hermann Schubert

  • Potsdam: May 22, 1848 celebration
  • Hamburg: July 20, 1911 deceased

German mathematician (1848-1911) | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Humboldt University of Berlin | Potsdam: May 22, 1848 - Hamburg: July 20, 1911

61. Berndt Herman Ivar Lagermarck

  • Turku: May 22, 1843 celebration
  • Kharkiv: November 15, 1907 deceased

chemist | University of Helsinki | Turku: May 22, 1843 - Kharkiv: November 15, 1907 | Berndt Herman Ivar Lagermarck | Turku: May 22, 1843 - Kharkiv: November 15, 1907

62. Dmitry Lachinov

  • Tambov Governorate: May 22, 1842 celebration
  • Saint Petersburg: October 15, 1902 deceased

Russian scientist (1842–1902) | Legion of Honour, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class | Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Saint Petersburg University

63. Edgar Frisby

  • Great Easton: May 22, 1837 celebration
  • January 1, 1927 deceased

American astronomer | Great Easton: May 22, 1837 - January 1, 1927 | Edgar Frisby | Great Easton: May 22, 1837 - January 1, 1927

64. Ernest Joseph Louis Bazin

  • Angers: May 22, 1826 celebration
  • Paris: January 1, 1898 deceased

French inventor, 1826-1898 | Knight of the Legion of Honour, Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, Order of Christ | Angers: May 22, 1826 - Paris

65. Pavel Alekseevich Zarubin

  • May 22, 1816 celebration

May 22, 1816 - Moscow: January 1, 2005 | Pavel Alekseevich Zarubin | May 22, 1816 - Moscow: January 1, 2005

66. Joseph-Louis Lambot

  • Montfort-sur-Argens: May 22, 1814 celebration
  • Brignoles: August 2, 1887 deceased

French materials scientist (1814–1887) | Montfort-sur-Argens: May 22, 1814 - Brignoles: August 2, 1887 | Joseph-Louis Lambot | Montfort-sur-Argens: May 22

67. Félix-Henri Boudet (Felix-Henri Boudet)

  • May 22, 1806 celebration

Knight of the Legion of Honour, Montyon Science Award (1855) | Lycée Charlemagne | May 22, 1806 - August 16, 1943 | Félix-Henri Boudet (Felix-Henri

68. Frédéric Kuhlmann (Frederic Kuhlmann)

  • Colmar: May 22, 1803 celebration
  • Lille: January 27, 1881 deceased

French professor of chemistry and entrepreneur (1803-1881) | Commander of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Legion of Honour

69. William Sturgeon

  • Whittington: May 22, 1783 celebration
  • Prestwich: December 4, 1850 deceased

British inventor | Whittington: May 22, 1783 - Prestwich: December 4, 1850 | William Sturgeon | Whittington: May 22, 1783 - Prestwich: December 4, 1850

70. Ram Mohan Roy

  • Radhanagore: May 22, 1772 celebration
  • Bristol: September 27, 1833 deceased

Indian religious, social, and educational reformer, and humanitarian | Radhanagore: May 22, 1772 - Bristol: September 27, 1833 | Ram Mohan Roy | Radhanagore

71. Giuseppe Calandrelli

  • Zagarolo: May 22, 1749 celebration
  • Rome: December 24, 1827 deceased

astronomer, mathematician and Italian abbot | Zagarolo: May 22, 1749 - Rome: December 24, 1827 | Giuseppe Calandrelli | Zagarolo: May 22, 1749 - Rome: December 24, 1827

72. Carlo Barletti

  • Rocca Grimalda: May 22, 1735 celebration
  • Pavia: February 25, 1800 deceased

Italian physicist | Rocca Grimalda: May 22, 1735 - Pavia: February 25, 1800 | Carlo Barletti | Rocca Grimalda: May 22, 1735 - Pavia: February 25, 1800

73. Christian Wollin

  • May 22, 1731 celebration

University of Greifswald | May 22, 1731 - East Hampton: September 8, 1982 | Christian Wollin | May 22, 1731 - East Hampton: September 8, 1982

74. Yves Marie André (Yves Marie Andre)

  • Châteaulin: May 22, 1675 celebration
  • Caen: February 26, 1764 deceased

French Jesuit mathematician, philosopher, and essayist, best known for his Essai sur le Beau, a 1741 philosophical work on aesthetics | Châteaulin: May 22

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