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Gerhard Herzberg (Gerhard Heinrich Friedrich Otto Julius Herzberg) was born on 25 December, 1904 in Hamburg, Imperial Germany, is a German-Canadian physicist and physical chemist (1904–1999). Discover Gerhard Herzberg's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 95 years old?

Popular As Gerhard Heinrich Friedrich Otto Julius Herzberg
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Age 95 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 25 December 1904
Birthday 25 December
Birthplace Hamburg, Imperial Germany
Date of death 1999
Died Place Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Germany

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1904

Gerhard Heinrich Friedrich Otto Julius Herzberg, (December 25, 1904 – March 3, 1999) was a German-Canadian pioneering physicist and physical chemist, who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1971, "for his contributions to the knowledge of electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals".

Herzberg's main work concerned atomic and molecular spectroscopy.

He is well known for using these techniques that determine the structures of diatomic and polyatomic molecules, including free radicals which are difficult to investigate in any other way, and for the chemical analysis of astronomical objects.

Herzberg was born in Hamburg, Germany on December 25, 1904 to Albin H. Herzberg and Ella Biber.

He had an older brother, Walter, who was born in January 1904.

Herzberg started Vorschule (pre-school) late, after contracting measles.

Gerhard and his family were atheists and kept this fact hidden.

1914

His father died in 1914, at 43 years of age, after having suffered from dropsy and complications due to an earlier heart condition.

Herzberg graduated Vorschule shortly after his father's death.

1928

degree under Hans Rau (physicist) in 1928.

1929

He married Luise Oettinger, a spectroscopist and fellow researcher in 1929.

1933

In 1933, the Nazi Party introduced a law banning men with Jewish wives from teaching at universities.

Herzberg was working as a lecturer at the university in Darmstadt.

His wife and fellow researcher, Luise Herzberg, was Jewish so they began making plans to leave Germany near the end of 1933.

Leaving Germany was a daunting task as many barriers faced the thousands of Germans trying to flee Nazi persecution.

However Herzberg had earlier worked with a visiting physical chemist named John Spinks, from the University of Saskatchewan.

Spinks helped Herzberg get a job at the university in Saskatoon.

1935

When Herzberg and his wife left Germany in 1935, the Nazis let them take only the equivalent of $2.50 each and personal belongings.

Initially, Herzberg considered a career in astronomy, but his application to the Hamburg Observatory was returned advising him not to pursue a career in the field without private financial support.

After completing high school at the Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums, Herzberg continued his education at Darmstadt University of Technology with the help of a private scholarship.

Herzberg completed his Dr.-Ing.

1951

Herzberg was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1951.

The main building of John Abbott College in Montreal is named after him.

Carleton University named the Herzberg Laboratories building after him.

A public park in the College Park neighbourhood of Saskatoon also bears his name.

Herzberg authored some classic works in the field of spectroscopy, including Atomic Spectra and Atomic Structure and the encyclopaedic four volume work: Molecular Spectra and Molecular Structure, which is often called the spectroscopist's bible.

1964

In 1964 he was awarded the Frederic Ives Medal by the OSA.

At Carleton University, there is a building named after him that belongs to the Physics and Mathematics/Statistics Departments, Herzberg Laboratories.

1971

(Luise Herzberg, died in 1971.)

Herzberg's most significant award was the 1971 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, which he was awarded "for his contributions to the knowledge of electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals".

During the presentation speech, it was noted that at the time of the award, Herzberg was "generally considered to be the world's foremost molecular spectroscopist."

Herzberg was honoured with memberships or fellowships by a very large number of scientific societies, received many awards and honorary degrees in different countries.

1973

Herzberg served as Chancellor of Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada from 1973 to 1980.

1978

Volume IV of the series, "Constants of diatomic molecules" is purely a reference work, a compendium of known spectroscopic constants (and therefore a bibliography of molecular spectroscopy) of diatomic molecules up until 1978.

1989

The three volumes of Molecular Spectra and Molecular Structure were re-issued by Krieger in 1989, including extensive new footnotes by Herzberg.

2000

The NSERC Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering, Canada's highest research award, was named in his honour in 2000.

The Canadian Association of Physicists also has an annual award named in his honour.

The Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics is named for him.

He was made a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science.

Asteroid 3316 Herzberg is named after him.