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Irving Langmuir

American chemist and physicist (1881–1957)

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Irving Langmuir (; January 31, 1881 – August 16, 1957) was an American chemist, physicist, and metallurgical engineer. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1932 for his work in surface chemistry.

Quick facts

Born
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Place of birth
Brooklyn wd
Died
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Place of death
Woods Hole wd
Citizenship
United States wd
Occupation
physicist, chemist, academic, meteorologist wd
Education
University of Göttingen, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Chestnut Hill Academy wd

Awards wd

  • William H. Nichols Medal (1915)
  • Hughes Medal (1918)
  • Rumford Prize (1920)
  • Perkin Medal (1928)
  • Willard Gibbs Award (1930)
  • Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1932)
  • Holley Medal (1934)
  • Franklin Medal (1934)
  • Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1935)
  • John Scott Award (1937)
  • Faraday Lectureship Prize (1939)
  • Faraday Medal (1944)
  • John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science (1950)
  • National Inventors Hall of Fame (1989)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

About

Langmuir's most famous publication is the 1919 article "The Arrangement of Electrons in Atoms and Molecules" in which, building on Gilbert N. Lewis's cubical atom theory and Walther Kossel's chemical bonding theory, he outlined his "concentric theory of atomic structure". Langmuir became embroiled in a priority dispute with Lewis over this work; Langmuir's presentation skills were largely responsible for the popularization of the theory, although the credit for the theory itself belongs mostly to Lewis. While at General Electric from 1909 to 1950, Langmuir advanced several fields of physics and chemistry, inventing the gas-filled incandescent lamp and the hydrogen welding technique. The Langmuir Laboratory for Atmospheric Research near Socorro, New Mexico, was named in his honor, as was the American Chemical Society journal for surface science called Langmuir.

Questions

When was Irving Langmuir born?
Irving Langmuir was born on 31 January 1881 in Brooklyn.
Where did Irving Langmuir study?
Irving Langmuir was educated at University of Göttingen, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Chestnut Hill Academy.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Irving Langmuir · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q184286 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Irving Langmuir.jpg by Unknown author Unknown author (Public domain)

Last updated · facts checked 4 November 2026

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