In 1971, Gerhard Herzberg won the Chemistry Noble Prize.
Born: 25 December 1904.
Died: 3 March 1999.
Nationality: German.
Education: Technische Universität Darmstadt.
Awards: FRS (1951), Henry Marshall Tory Medal (1953), Centenary Prize (1958), Bakerian Medal (1960), Frederic Ives Medal (1964), Willard Gibbs Award (1969), Faraday Lectureship Prize (1970), Linus Pauling Award (1971), Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1971), Chemical Institute of Canada Medal (1972), Royal Medal (1971) (1972), Watts Lecture (1974), Earle K. Plyler Prize (1985).
Fields: Physical chemist.
