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Henry Taube

1915 - 2005

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Henry Taube (November 30, 1915 – November 16, 2005) was a Canadian-born American chemist who was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "his work in the mechanisms of electron-transfer reactions, especially in metal complexes." He was the second Canadian-born chemist to win the Nobel Prize, and remains the only Saskatchewanian-born Nobel laureate. Taube completed his undergraduate and master's degrees at the University of Saskatchewan, and his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. After finishing graduate school, Taube worked at Cornell University, the University of Chicago and Stanford University. In addition to the Nobel Prize, Taube also received many other major scientific awards, including the Priestley Medal in 1985 and two Guggenheim Fellowships early in his career (1949 and 1955), as well as numerous honorary doctorates. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Taube is the 196th most popular chemist (up from 282nd in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Canada (up from 81st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Canadian Chemist.

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Among chemists, Henry Taube ranks 196 out of 602. Before him are Peter D. Mitchell, Richard R. Schrock, Aaron Klug, Julius Axelrod, Johann Deisenhofer, and Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted. After him are Paul L. Modrich, Clara Immerwahr, Arthur Kornberg, Herbert C. Brown, Wallace Carothers, and Donald J. Cram.

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Among people born in 1915, Henry Taube ranks 35. Before him are Jerome Bruner, Stanley Matthews, Fred Hoyle, Robert Hofstadter, Curd Jürgens, and Les Paul. After him are Geraldine of Albania, Paul Tibbets, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Albert O. Hirschman, Helmut Schön, and Thomas Huckle Weller. Among people deceased in 2005, Henry Taube ranks 31. Before him are Ernst Mayr, Zdzisław Beksiński, Ezer Weizman, Aslan Maskhadov, Ed McBain, and Pat Morita. After him are Lucien Laurent, Milton Obote, Maria Schell, Philip Johnson, James Callaghan, and Max Schmeling.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Henry Taube ranks 37 out of 1,622. Before him are David Johnston (1941), Frederick Banting (1891), Bryan Adams (1959), Neil Young (1945), Sidney Altman (1939), and Willard Boyle (1924). After him are Paul Anka (1941), William Shatner (1931), William Vickrey (1914), James Naismith (1861), Jim Peebles (1935), and Henry Clinton (1730).

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Among CHEMISTS In Canada

Among chemists born in Canada, Henry Taube ranks 3. Before him are William Giauque (1895), and Sidney Altman (1939). After him are Rudolph A. Marcus (1923), Maud Menten (1879), and Martin Kamen (1913).

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