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John Pople

Nobel prize winning British chemist (1925-2004)

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Sir John Anthony Pople was a British theoretical chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Walter Kohn in 1998 for his development of computational methods in quantum chemistry.

Quick facts

Born
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Place of birth
Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge wd
Died
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Place of death
Chicago wd
Citizenship
United Kingdom wd
Occupation
mathematician, chemist, university teacher, physicist wd
Education
Trinity College, University of Cambridge, Bristol Grammar School wd

Awards wd

  • Fellow of the Royal Society (1961)
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2003)
  • Copley Medal (2002)
  • Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1998)
  • ACS Award in Theoretical Chemistry (1998)
  • Marlow Award (1958)
  • Wolf Prize in Chemistry (1992)
  • Humboldt Research Fellowship (1981)
  • Davy Medal (1988)
  • Mayhew Prize (1948)
  • Centenary Prize (1972)
  • Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics (1970)
  • Humboldt Prize
  • Linus Pauling Award (1977)
  • Oesper Award (1984)

Questions

When was John Pople born?
John Pople was born on 31 October 1925 in Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge.
Where did John Pople study?
John Pople was educated at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, Bristol Grammar School.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): John Pople · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q233973 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: John Anthony Pople.png by The White House (Public domain)

Last updated · facts checked 5 November 2026

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