# 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:** 31 October 1925 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233973#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Burnham-on-Sea  and Highbridge ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233973#P19))
- **Died:** 15 March 2004 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233973#P570))
- **Place of death:** Chicago ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233973#P20))
- **Citizenship:** United Kingdom ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233973#P27))
- **Occupation:** mathematician; chemist; university teacher; physicist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233973#P106))
- **Education:** Trinity College; University of Cambridge; Bristol Grammar School ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233973#P69))
- **Awards:** Fellow of the Royal Society; Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire; Copley Medal; Nobel Prize in Chemistry; ACS Award in Theoretical Chemistry; Marlow Award; Wolf Prize in Chemistry; Humboldt Research Fellowship; Davy Medal; Mayhew Prize; Centenary Prize; Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics; Humboldt Prize; Linus Pauling Award; Oesper Award ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233973#P166))

## 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.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): John Pople](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pople) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q233973](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233973) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: John Anthony Pople.png by The White House (Public domain)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Anthony_Pople.png)

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## Cite this page

"John Pople". DigiNepal. Last updated 1 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/john-pople. Retrieved 5 November 2026.