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Gerhard Heinrich Friedrich Otto Julius Herzberg
,
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FRSC
FRS
(German:
[ˈɡeːɐ̯.haʁt ˈhɛʁt͡sˌbɛʁk]
(December 25, 1904 – March 3, 1999) was a
German
-
Canadian
pioneering
physicist
and
physical chemist
, who won the
Nobel Prize for Chemistry
in 1971, "for his contributions to the knowledge of electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals".Herzberg's main work concerned atomic and molecular
spectroscopy
. He is well known for using these techniques that determine the structures of
diatomic
and
polyatomic
molecules, including
free radicals
which are difficult to investigate in any other way, and for the chemical analysis of astronomical objects. Herzberg served as Chancellor of
Carleton University
in
Ottawa, Ontario
, Canada from 1973 to 1980. Herzberg was born in
Hamburg
, Germany on December 25, 1904 to Albin H. Herzberg and Ella Biber. He had an older brother, Walter, who was born in January 1904. Herzberg started
Vorschule
(pre-school) late, after contracting measles. Gerhard and his family were atheists and kept this fact hidden. His father died in 1914, at 43 years of age, after having suffered from
dropsy
and complications due to an earlier heart condition. Herzberg graduated Vorschule shortly after his father's death. His wife died in 1971. Herzberg's most significant award was the 1971
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
, which he was awarded "for his contributions to the knowledge of electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals".During the presentation speech, it was noted that at the time of the award, Herzberg was "generally considered to be the world's foremost molecular spectroscopist."
Herzberg was honoured with memberships or fellowships by a very large number of scientific societies, received many awards and honorary degrees in different countries. The
NSERC
Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering
, Canada's highest research award, was named in his honour in 2000. The
Canadian Association of Physicists
also has an annual award named in his honour. The
Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics
is named for him. He was made a member of the
International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science
. Asteroid
3316 Herzberg
is named after him. In 1964 he was awarded the
Frederic Ives Medal
by the
OSA
. At Carleton University, there is a building named after him that belongs to the Physics and Mathematics/Statistics Departments, Herzberg Laboratories. Herzberg was elected a
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1951
.
The main building of
John Abbott College
in
Montreal
is named after him. Carleton University named the Herzberg Laboratories building after him. A public park in the
College Park
neighbourhood of
Saskatoon
also bears his name.