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Dudley R. Herschbach

American chemistborn 1932

Wikidata names Edgar Bright Wilson as doctoral advisor and lists 3 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, ORCID, and 6 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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Edgar Bright Wilson

Students on Wikidata3

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Richard Zare
born 1939
stated by Wikidata
Anita Goel
born 1973
stated by Wikidata
Seong Keun Kim

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 WikidataEdgar Bright Wilson
2 steps up
stated by WikidataLinus Pauling
3 steps up
stated by WikidataRichard Chace Tolmanstated by WikidataRoscoe G. Dickinson
4 steps up
stated by WikidataArthur Amos Noyes

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 7 people: 7 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career11

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.

1957 to 1959
Harvard University
worked
1959 to 1961
University of California, Berkeley
worked
1961 to 1963
University of California, Berkeley
worked
1963 to 2003
Harvard University
worked
from 2005
Texas A&M University
worked
undated
Harvard University
studied
undated
Stanford University
studied
undated
Campbell High School
studied
undated
Harvard University
worked
undated
University of California, Berkeley
worked
undated
Texas A&M University
worked

At a glance

known as: chemist, physicist, mathematician
fields: chemistry
awards: Guggenheim Fellowship, 1968, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1986, ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, 1965, National Medal of Science, 1991, Centenary Prize, 1976, Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics, 1983, Honorary doctorate from University of Toronto, honorary doctor of Harvard University, 2011, Linus Pauling Award, 1978, Bourke Award, 1967, Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal, 2011, Polanyi Medal, 1981
member of: National Academy of Sciences, from 1967, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Physical Society, American Philosophical Society
Wikipedia: in 52 languages

stated by WikidataStated by Wikidata, shown apart from the thesis records.

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identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaDudley R. Herschbach
stated by WikidataWikidataQ243196
stated by WikidataORCID0000-0003-3225-0648
stated by WikidataVIAF12384977
stated by WikidataGND139397442
stated by WikidataIdRef086149237
stated by WikidataISNI0000000032586959

lineage

stated by WikidataMathematics Genealogy Project200390

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@misc{academicancestry_Q243196,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Dudley R. Herschbach: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q243196},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Dudley R. Herschbach: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q243196