CHEMIST

Gerhard Herzberg

1904 - 1999

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Gerhard Heinrich Friedrich Otto Julius Herzberg, (German: [ˈɡeːɐ̯.haʁt ˈhɛʁt͡sˌbɛʁk] ; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerhard Herzberg has received more than 167,201 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Gerhard Herzberg is the 209th most popular chemist (down from 190th in 2019), the 1,113th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,064th in 2019) and the 41st most popular German Chemist.

Herzberg was a psychologist who studied the relationship between job satisfaction and job dissatisfaction. He found that there are two factors that lead to job satisfaction and dissatisfaction. The first is the intrinsic factors, which are things like the nature of the work, one's own capabilities, and the degree of responsibility. The second is the extrinsic factors, which are things like pay, working conditions, and supervision.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Gerhard Herzberg ranks 209 out of 602. Before him are Mario J. Molina, Nikolay Semyonov, Charles Adolphe Wurtz, Kenichi Fukui, John Fenn, and Johan Gottlieb Gahn. After him are Wallace Carothers, Friedrich Sertürner, Satoshi Ōmura, Aziz Sancar, Antoni Grabowski, and Alan J. Heeger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Gerhard Herzberg ranks 50. Before him are Clifford D. Simak, Otto Robert Frisch, Héctor Castro, Karl Rahner, Nikolai Kuznetsov, and John Gielgud. After him are George Balanchine, František Plánička, Charles J. Pedersen, Serge Lifar, Donald O. Hebb, and Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta. Among people deceased in 1999, Gerhard Herzberg ranks 36. Before him are Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz, Oliver Reed, Mary Ainsworth, Fred Trump, Hélder Câmara, and Nathalie Sarraute. After him are John F. Kennedy Jr., Bernard Buffet, Amintore Fanfani, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Sarah Knauss, and Joe D'Amato.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gerhard Herzberg ranks 1,113 out of 7,253. Before him are Henry Suso (1295), Petrus Apianus (1495), Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse (1777), Prince Henry of Prussia (1862), Hermann Heinrich Gossen (1810), and Lale Andersen (1905). After him are Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1912), Walther Flemming (1843), Killing of Peter Fechter (1944), Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria (1831), Ernst Hanfstaengl (1887), and Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim (1594).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Gerhard Herzberg ranks 41. Before him are Ernst Chain (1906), August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818), Emil Erlenmeyer (1825), Heinrich Gustav Magnus (1802), Hennig Brand (1630), and Hermann Kolbe (1818). After him are Friedrich Sertürner (1783), Franz Karl Achard (1753), Hartmut Michel (1948), Henri Victor Regnault (1810), Andreas Libavius (1555), and Feodor Lynen (1911).

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