F. Sherwood Rowland
1927
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2012
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Ohio Wesleyan University, University of Chicago
occupation: chemist, university teacher, author
award received: Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, Albert Einstein World Award of Science, Japan Prize, Tolman Award, Leo Szilard Lectureship Award, Dickson Prize in Science, Fellow of the American Physical Society, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Roger Revelle Medal, Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry, Guggenheim Fellowship, Nevada Medal
Frank Sherwood "Sherry" Rowland (June 28, 1927 – March 10, 2012) was an American Nobel laureate and a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. His research was on atmospheric chemistry and chemical kinetics. His best-known work was the discovery that chlorofluorocarbons contribute to ozone depletion. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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