| Lars Onsager  Born: 27-Nov-1903
Birthplace: Oslo, Norway
Died: 5-Oct-1976
Location of death: Coral Gables, FL
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Chemist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Irreversible chemical processes Father: Erling Onsager (attorney)
Mother: Ingrid Kirkeby
Wife: Margarethe Arledter (three sons, one daughter)
Son: Erling Frederick
Son: Hans Tanberg
Son: Christian Carl
Daughter: Inger Marie
High School: Norges Tekniske Høgskole, Trondheim
Scholar: Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich (1926-28)
Teacher: Johns Hopkins University (1928)
Teacher: Brown University (five years)
University: PhD, Yale University (1935)
Professor: Theoretical Chemistry, Yale University (1934-72)
Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1968
Fulbright 1951-52
Rumford Prize 1953
Lorentz Medal 1958
National Medal of Science 1969
American Physical Society
American Chemical Society
National Academy of Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Philosophical Society
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