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Rudolph A. Marcus

Canadian-American chemist (1923-2026)

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Rudolph Arthur Marcus was a Canadian-born American chemist who received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his contributions to the theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems". Marcus theory, named after him, provides a thermodynamic and kinetic framework for describing one electron outer-sphere electron transfer. He was a professor at Caltech, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science.

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Born
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Place of birth
Montreal wd
Died
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Place of death
Pasadena wd
Citizenship
Canada, United States wd
Occupation
chemist, university teacher wd
Education
McGill University, Baron Byng High School wd

Awards wd

  • Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1992)
  • Willard Gibbs Award (1988)
  • ACS Award in Theoretical Chemistry (1997)
  • National Medal of Science (1989)
  • Wolf Prize in Chemistry (1984)
  • Humboldt Research Fellowship
  • Lavoisier Medal (1994)
  • Centenary Prize (1988)
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society
  • Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics (1978)
  • Humboldt Prize
  • Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1987)
  • Linus Pauling Award (1991)
  • Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry (1988)
  • Oesper Award (1997)

Questions

When was Rudolph A. Marcus born?
Rudolph A. Marcus was born on 21 July 1923 in Montreal.
Where did Rudolph A. Marcus study?
Rudolph A. Marcus was educated at McGill University, Baron Byng High School.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Rudolph A. Marcus · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q239067 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Prof. Dr. Rudolph A. Marcus (cropped).jpg by No machine-readable author provided. Xvlun~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims). (CC BY-SA 2.5)

Last updated · facts checked 6 November 2026

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