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Linus Pauling
Theoretical physical chemist Linus Pauling, photograph by Yousuf Karsh.
Linus Paulingās parents were Herman Pauling, who worked as a pharmacist, and Lucy Isabelle (Darling) Pauling, who was the daughter of a pharmacist.1