| John C. Polanyi  AKA John Charles Polanyi
Born: 23-Jan-1929
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Chemist Nationality: Canada
Executive summary: Infrared chemiluminescence Father: Michael Polanyi
Mother: Magda Elizabeth Polanyi
Wife: Anne Sue Ferrar Davidson (m. 1958, one daughter, one son)
Daughter: Margaret Alexander (b. 1961)
Son: Michael Ferrar (b. 1963)
University: PhD, University of Manchester (1952)
Scholar: National Research Council Laboratories, Ottawa (1952-54)
Scholar: Research Associate, Princeton University (1954-56)
Professor: University of Toronto (1957-)
University: DSc, University of Manchester (1964)
Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1986 (with Dudley R. Herschbach and Yuan T. Lee)
Wolf Prize in Chemistry 1982 (with George C. Pimentel)
Order of Canada 1974
Royal Medal 1989
Royal Society of Canada 1966
Royal Society 1971
American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1976
National Academy of Sciences 1978
Royal Society of Edinburgh 1988
Hungarian Ancestry
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