Walter Kohn

Walter Kohn was an Austrian-American theoretical physicist and theoretical chemist. He was awarded, with John Pople, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1998. The award recognized their contributions to understanding the electronic properties of materials.

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Who was born first?

• Walter Kohn and Daniel Carleton Gajdusek were born the same year
• Walter Kohn and George Mostow were born the same year
• Walter Kohn and Freeman Dyson were born the same year
• Walter Kohn and Harish-Chandra were born the same year
• Walter Kohn and René Thom were born the same year

Timeline

1. Daniel Carleton GajdusekSeptember 9, 1923 – December 12, 2008
2. Freeman DysonDecember 15, 1923 – February 28, 2020
3. George MostowJuly 4, 1923 – April 4, 2017
4. Harish-ChandraOctober 11, 1923 – October 16, 1983
5. René ThomSeptember 2, 1923 – October 25, 2002
6. Walter Kohn (this page)March 9, 1923 – April 19, 2016

Related

• Marie CurieNovember 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934
• Louis PasteurDecember 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895
• Carl Friedrich GaussApril 30, 1777 – February 23, 1855
• Dmitri MendeleevJanuary 27, 1834 – January 20, 1907
• Ernest RutherfordAugust 30, 1871 – October 19, 1937
• Erwin SchrödingerAugust 12, 1887 – January 4, 1961
• Wilhelm RöntgenMarch 27, 1845 – February 10, 1923
• Carl SaganNovember 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996