Walter Kohn Age, Birthday, Zodiac Sign and Birth Chart

Walter Kohn (March 9, 1923 - April 19, 2016) was an Austrian-born American chemist and physicist known for his work in theoretical chemistry. He completed his bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics at the University of Toronto in 1945 and earned a master's degree in applied mathematics in 1946. Kohn received his doctorate in physics from Harvard University in 1948. He taught at Carnegie Mellon University from 1950 to 1960, then at the University of California, San Diego until 1979, and later at the University of California, Santa Barbara from 1984 onwards. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1998.

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Meaning of the name - Walter

ruler of the army, powerful warrior

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March 9, 1923 Facts

Generation Group

Walter Kohn belongs to the GI Generation group.

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Place of Birth: Vienna

Place of Death: Santa Barbara

Cause of Death: laryngeal cancer

Educated At: Akademisches Gymnasium | University of Toronto | Harvard University

Occupation: university teacher | chemist | physicist

Employers: University of California, Santa Barbara | University of California, San Diego | Carnegie Mellon University

Awards Received: honorary doctor of the Vienna Technical University | honorary doctorate of the Weizmann Institute of Science | Honorary doctor of the Dresden University of Technology | honorary doctor of Harvard University | honorary doctor of the University of Vienna | Grand Officer of the Order of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria | UNESCO Niels Bohr Medal | Foreign Member of the Royal Society | Harvard Centennial Medal | Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize | Feenberg Medal | Guggenheim Fellowship | Three Physicists Prize | Davisson–Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics | National Medal of Science | Austrian Decoration for Science and Art | Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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Astrology Analysis

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