Frank Sherwood Rowland
Chemist, Academic
1927 – 2012
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Who was Frank Sherwood Rowland?
Frank Sherwood Rowland was an American Nobel laureate and a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. His research was on atmospheric chemistry and chemical kinetics. His best-known work was the discovery that chlorofluorocarbons contribute to ozone depletion.
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- Born
- Jun 28, 1927
Delaware - Also known as
- F. Sherwood Rowland
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Ohio Wesleyan University
- PhD, University of Chicago
Chemistry
(1948 - 1952) - Bachelor of Arts
- Employment
- University of California, Irvine
- Lived in
- Ohio
- Corona del Mar
( - 2012/03/10)
- Died
- Mar 10, 2012
Corona del Mar
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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