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Roald Hoffmann

Polish-American Nobel laureate chemist and playwright

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Roald Hoffmann is a Polish-American theoretical chemist who shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Kenichi Fukui “for their theories, developed independently, concerning the course of chemical reactions”. He has also published plays, poetry and popular science. He is the Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters Emeritus at Cornell University.

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Born
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Place of birth
Zolochiv wd
Citizenship
Second Polish Republic, United States wd
Occupation
playwright, chemist, poet, university teacher, writer wd
Education
Stuyvesant High School, Columbia University, Harvard University wd
Official website
roaldhoffmann.com wd

Awards wd

  • Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1981)
  • Guggenheim Fellowship (1978)
  • Harvard Centennial Medal (1974)
  • Lomonosov Gold Medal (2011)
  • ACS Award in Pure Chemistry (1969)
  • American Chemical Society Award in Inorganic Chemistry (1982)
  • National Medal of Science (1983)
  • NAS Award in Chemical Sciences (1986)
  • Priestley Medal (1990)
  • Kołos Medal (1998)
  • Arthur C. Cope Award (1973)
  • Centenary Prize (1974)
  • honorary doctor of the University of Rennes I (1987)
  • Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1984)

Questions

When was Roald Hoffmann born?
Roald Hoffmann was born on 18 July 1937 in Zolochiv.
Where did Roald Hoffmann study?
Roald Hoffmann was educated at Stuyvesant High School, Columbia University, Harvard University.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Roald Hoffmann · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q273279 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Roald Hoffmann.jpg by . The original uploader was Xtreambar at English Wikipedia . (Public domain)

Last updated · facts checked 5 November 2026

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