# William Lipscomb

_Nobel Prize-winning American inorganic and organic chemist_

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> William Nunn Lipscomb Jr. was an American Nobel Prize-winning inorganic and organic chemist working in nuclear magnetic resonance, theoretical chemistry, boron chemistry, and biochemistry.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 9 December 1919 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110935#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Cleveland ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110935#P19))
- **Died:** 14 April 2011 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110935#P570))
- **Place of death:** Cambridge ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110935#P20))
- **Citizenship:** United States ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110935#P27))
- **Occupation:** chemist; university teacher ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110935#P106))
- **Education:** California Institute of Technology; University of Kentucky ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110935#P69))
- **Awards:** Guggenheim Fellowship; Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Centenary Prize; Remsen Award; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110935#P166))

## Questions

**When was William Lipscomb born?**  
William Lipscomb was born on 9 December 1919 in Cleveland.

**Where did William Lipscomb study?**  
William Lipscomb was educated at California Institute of Technology, University of Kentucky.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): William Lipscomb](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lipscomb) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q110935](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110935) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: William n lipscomb jr.jpg by Jslipscomb James S. Lipscomb (CC BY-SA 3.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_n_lipscomb_jr.jpg)

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## Cite this page

"William Lipscomb". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/william-lipscomb. Retrieved 5 November 2026.