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Popular As | William Knowles |
Occupation | Chemist |
Age | 103 years old |
Zodiac Sign | Gemini |
Born | June 1, 1917 (Massachusetts) |
Birthday | June 1 |
Town/City | Massachusetts |
Nationality | Massachusetts |
William Knowles’s zodiac sign is Gemini. According to astrologers, Gemini is expressive and quick-witted, it represents two different personalities in one and you will never be sure which one you will face. They are sociable, communicative and ready for fun, with a tendency to suddenly get serious, thoughtful and restless. They are fascinated with the world itself, extremely curious, with a constant feeling that there is not enough time to experience everything they want to see.
William Knowles was born in the Year of the Snake. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Snake are seductive, gregarious, introverted, generous, charming, good with money, analytical, insecure, jealous, slightly dangerous, smart, they rely on gut feelings, are hard-working and intelligent. Compatible with Rooster or Ox.
An American chemist who the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in asymmetric synthesis.
He attended graduate school at Columbia University after getting his BA in chemistry from Harvard University.
He was the first to apply enantioselective metal catalysis to industrial-scale synthesis.
He had four children with his wife Nancy, who he was married to for 68 years.
He won the Nobel Prize two years before Peter Agre did.