Robert S. Mulliken
Robert Sanderson Mulliken was an American physical chemist, primarily responsible for the early development of molecular orbital theory, i.e. the elaboration of the molecular orbital method of computing the structure of molecules. Mulliken received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1966 and the Priestley Medal in 1983.
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- Born in
- Newburyport
- Educated at
- Harvard UniversityMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyUniversity of Chicago
- Awards
- 🏆 Nobel Prize in Chemistry🏆 Priestley Medal🏆 Willard Gibbs Award🏆 Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 William Draper Harkins
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Leona Woods📖 William Lichten
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1896
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