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After finishing graduate school, Taube worked at Cornell University, the University of Chicago and Stanford University.","summary_more":["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.  His research focused on redox reactions, transition metals and the use of isotopically labeled compounds to follow reactions.  He had over 600 publications including one book, and had mentored over 200 students during his career.  Taube and his wife Mary had three children; his son Karl is an anthropologist at the University of California Riverside."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"30 November 1915","date":"1915-11-30"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q235983#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Neudorf","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2201244"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q235983#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"16 November 2005","date":"2005-11-16"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q235983#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Palo Alto","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47265"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q235983#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"United States","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q235983#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"chemist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q593644"},{"text":"university teacher","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1622272"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q235983#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University of Saskatchewan","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1514848"},{"text":"University of California, Berkeley","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q168756","end":"1940"},{"text":"Luther College","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6705529"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q235983#P69"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Nobel Prize in Chemistry","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44585","date":"1983"},{"text":"Willard Gibbs Award","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q902788","date":"1971"},{"text":"American Chemical Society Award in Inorganic Chemistry","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15782922","date":"1981"},{"text":"National Medal of Science","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q737051","date":"1976"},{"text":"NAS Award in Chemical Sciences","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q905656","date":"1983"},{"text":"Priestley Medal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q826100","date":"1985"},{"text":"National Order of Scientific Merit","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3132815"},{"text":"Centenary Prize","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18560142","date":"1979"},{"text":"Remsen Award","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15842139","date":"1975"},{"text":"Welch Award in Chemistry","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1632244","date":"1983"},{"text":"Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3305342"},{"text":"Foreign Member of the Royal Society","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14906020","date":"1988-06-30"},{"text":"Linus Pauling Award","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3910565","date":"1980"},{"text":"Guggenheim Fellowship","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1316544","date":"1949"},{"text":"Oesper Award","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106153901","date":"1986"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q235983#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Taube","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q235983"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Henry Taube born?","a":"Henry Taube was born on 30 November 1915 in Neudorf."},{"q":"Where did Henry Taube study?","a":"Henry Taube was educated at University of Saskatchewan, University of California, Berkeley, Luther College."}],"related":[{"name":"Jan Koum","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jan-koum"},{"name":"Joe Gebbia","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/joe-gebbia"},{"name":"Luke Nosek","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/luke-nosek"},{"name":"Miriam Adelson","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/miriam-adelson"},{"name":"Adam Riess","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/adam-riess"},{"name":"Alan J. 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