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Born June 7, 1896 • Newburyport • Massachusetts
Died October 31, 1986 (aged 90) • Virginia
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1966)
Subjects Of Study chemical bonding • molecular orbital theory
Role In Manhattan Project

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