John Pople

Sir

John Pople

KBE FRS
Sir; John Pople; KBE FRS
Born	John Anthony Pople; 31 October 1925; Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England
Died	15 March 2004 (aged 78); Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Cambridge
Known for	Computational methods in quantum chemistry
Spouse	Joy Bowers (m. 1952; died 2002)
Awards	Mayhew Prize (1948); FRS (1961); Irving Langmuir Award (1970); Davy Medal (1988); Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1998); Copley Medal (2002);
	Scientific career
Fields	Theoretical chemistry; Quantum chemistry; Computational chemistry;
Institutions	Bristol Aeroplane Company; University of Cambridge; Carnegie Mellon University; Northwestern University; National Physical Laboratory;
Thesis	Lone Pair Electrons (1951)
Doctoral advisor	John Lennard-Jones
Doctoral students	A. David Buckingham; Martin Head-Gordon; Krishnan Raghavachari;
Website	nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1998/pople-bio.html

Sir John Anthony Pople KBE FRS (31 October 1925 – 15 March 2004) was a British theoretical chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Walter Kohn in 1998 for his development of computational methods in quantum chemistry.

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