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Archival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectWilliam F. Giauque
Dates
May 12, 1895 – March 28, 1982
Authorized Form of Name
Giauque, William F. (William Francis), 1895-1982
Biography
Abstract
William Francis Giauque was Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley (1920-1982). His research interests included the third law of thermodynamics and entropy.
Important Dates
May 12, 1895Birth, Niagara Falls (Ont.).
1920Obtained BS, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).
1922Obtained PhD in Physical Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).
1922 – 1982Instructor to Associate Professor of Chemistry (1922-1934); Professor of Chemistry (1934-1962); and Emeritus Professor of Chemistry (1962-1982), University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).
1936Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1949Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his contributions in the field of chemical thermodynamics, particularly concerning the behaviour of substances at extremely low temperatures".
March 28, 1982Death, Berkeley (Calif.).
Occupation
Physical chemist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Giauque, Muriel Francis Ashley
Wife, married 1932.
Giauque, Robert David Ashley
Son.
Giauque, William Francis Ashley
Son.
Advisors & Collaborators
Gibson, G. E. (George Ernest),
PhD advisor at University of California, Berkeley on the heat capacity of glycerol.
Colleagues
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Rice, Oscar Knefler, 1903-1978
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Seaborg, Glenn T. (Glenn Theodore), 1912-1999
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Advised by Giauque at University of California, Berkeley, "The heat capacities and entropies of iodine and lithium chloride from 15 to 325 degrees Kelvin," and both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Additional
Kurti, Nicholas
Stout, John Willard, 1912-
Institutions
Major Positions
University of California, Berkeley. Department of Chemistry
Obtained BS (1920) and PhD in Physical Chemistry (1922). Instructor to Associate Professor of Chemistry; Professor of Chemistry; and Emeritus Professor of Chemistry.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
Resources
Archival Resources
Subject
John Willard Stout intellectual autobiography, 1965.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Edward Mills Purcell, 1977 June 8 and 14.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Nicholas Kurti, 1968 September 11 and 1972 November 22.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Author
Low temperature, chemical, and magneto thermodynamics; the scientific papers of William F. Giauque.
Temperatures below 1 absolute / by William Francis Giauque.
Subject
"William Francis Giauque: 1895-1982", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences