F. Sherwood Rowland: advisors and students

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F. Sherwood Rowland

American chemist1927 to 2012

Wikidata names Willard Libby as doctoral advisor. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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Willard Libby

The line above and below4 steps

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

1 step up
stated by WikidataWillard Libby
2 steps up
stated by WikidataWendell Mitchell Latimer
3 steps up
stated by WikidataGeorge Ernest Gibson
4 steps up
stated by WikidataOtto Lummer

Education and career5

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1948 to 1952
University of Chicago
studied
undated
Ohio Wesleyan University
studied
undated
Princeton University
worked
undated
University of Kansas
worked
undated
University of California, Irvine
worked

At a glance

known as: chemist, university teacher, author, environmental chemist
fields: chemistry, environmental chemistry, atmospheric chemistry
awards: Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1995, Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, 1983, Albert Einstein World Award of Science, 1994, Japan Prize, 1989, Tolman Award, 1976, Leo Szilard Lectureship Award, 1979, Dickson Prize in Science, 1991, Fellow of the American Physical Society, 1991, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, 2004, Roger Revelle Medal, 1994, Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry, 1993, Guggenheim Fellowship, 1961, Guggenheim Fellowship, 1973, Nevada Medal, 1997
member of: Royal Society of London, from 2004, National Academy of Sciences, from 1978, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, from 1977, American Philosophical Society, from 1995, American Association for the Advancement of Science, from 1980, American Physical Society, from 1991, European Academy of Sciences, from 2007
Wikipedia: in 60 languages

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Elsewhere6

identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaF. Sherwood Rowland
stated by WikidataWikidataQ111190
stated by WikidataVIAF188235611
stated by WikidataGND188506896
stated by WikidataISNI0000000110825872

papers

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  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{F. Sherwood Rowland: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q111190},
  note = {read on 2026-10-27}
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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 27). F. Sherwood Rowland: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-27]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q111190