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Walter Kohn
American physicist (1923ā2016) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Walter Kohn (March 9, 1923 ā April 19, 2016) was an Austrian-born American theoretical physicist of Jewish descent.
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![]() Kohn at the 2012 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting | |
Born | Walter Kohn (1923-03-09)March 9, 1923 |
Died | April 19, 2016(2016-04-19) (aged 93) |
Nationality | United States |
Alma mater | University of Toronto, Harvard |
Known for | Density functional theory |
Spouse(s) | Lois (Adams)[1] Mara (Vishniac) Schiff[2] |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Chemistry(1998), Buckley Prize |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego |
Doctoral advisor | Julian Schwinger |
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He was awarded, with John Pople, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1998.[3]
Kohn was one of 20 Nobel Laureates[4] who signed the "Stockholm memorandum" at the 3rd Nobel Laureate Symposium on Global Sustainability in Stockholm, Sweden on 18 May 2011.[5]
Kohn died on April 19, 2016 at his home in Santa Barbara, California from jaw cancer, at the age of 93.[6][7]