# Alan MacDiarmid

_New Zealand chemist (1927–2007)_

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> Alan Graham MacDiarmid, ONZ FRS was a New Zealand-American chemist, and one of three recipients of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2000.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 14 April 1927 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110942#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Masterton ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110942#P19))
- **Died:** 7 February 2007 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110942#P570))
- **Place of death:** Drexel Hill ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110942#P20))
- **Citizenship:** New Zealand; United States ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110942#P27))
- **Occupation:** chemist; engineer; university teacher ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110942#P106))
- **Education:** Victoria University of Wellington; University of Wisconsin–Madison; Sidney Sussex College; University of Cambridge; Hutt Valley High School; Weir House ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110942#P69))
- **Awards:** Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Friendship Award; Rutherford Medal; Fellow of the Royal Society; Centenary Prize; Order of New Zealand; honorary degree; Chemical Pioneer Award; William H. Nichols Medal; Oesper Award; Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi; John Scott Award; Francis J. Clamer Medal; honorary doctor of Victoria University of Wellington ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110942#P166))

## Questions

**When was Alan MacDiarmid born?**  
Alan MacDiarmid was born on 14 April 1927 in Masterton.

**Where did Alan MacDiarmid study?**  
Alan MacDiarmid was educated at Victoria University of Wellington, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Alan MacDiarmid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_MacDiarmid) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q110942](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110942) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Alan MacDiarmid 2005.017.004e crop.tif by Unknown Unknown (CC BY-SA 3.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alan_MacDiarmid_2005.017.004e_crop.tif)

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