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William F. Giauque

William F. GiauqueAKA William Francis Giauque

Born: 12-May-1895
Birthplace: Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Died: 28-Mar-1982
Location of death: Berkeley, CA
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Chemist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Adiabatic demagnetization

Father: William Tecumseh Sherman Giauque (d. 1908)
Mother: Isabella Jane Duncan
Wife: Dr. Muriel Frances Ashley (m. 1932, two sons)
Son: William Francis Ashley Giauque
Son: Robert David Ashley Giauque

    High School: Niagara Falls Collegiate Institute
    University: BS, University of California at Berkeley (1920)
    University: PhD Chemistry and Physics, University of California at Berkeley (1922)
    Professor: Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley (1922-)

    Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1949
    National Academy of Sciences
    American Philosophical Society
    American Chemical Society
    American Physical Society
    American Academy of Arts and Sciences


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