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Lars Onsager

Lars Onsager

November 27, 1903 –October 5, 1976

Physicist, Engineer, Chemist, Theoretical physicist, University teacher

Lived 72 years

Born in
Christiania
Passed away in
Coral Gables

Lars Onsager (27 November 1903 – 5 October 1976) was a Norwegian American physical chemist and theoretical physicist. He held the Gibbs Professorship of Theoretical Chemistry at Yale University. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1968.

Awards: Nobel Prize in Chemistry, honorary doctorate, Lorentz Medal, Willard Gibbs Award, National Medal of Science, Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship, Rumford Prize, Wilbur Cross Medal, Fellow of the American Physical Society, Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry Education: Yale University, Norwegian Institute of Technology

Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Onsager