Linus Carl Pauling was an American chemist and peace activist. He published more than 1,200 papers and books, of which about 850 dealt with scientific topics. Scientific American called him one of the 20 greatest scientists of all time. For his scientific work, Pauling was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954. For his peace activism, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962. He is one of five people to have won more than one Nobel Prize. Of these, he is the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes, and one of two people to be awarded Nobel Prizes in different fields, the other being Marie Curie.
Linus Pauling, American chemist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901)
On August 19, in the year 1994, Linus Pauling, American chemist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901). This event is recorded as a Notable Deaths event in the history of August 19, one of 403 recorded events on this date across all of history.
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- This event took place on August 19, 1994 (AD era).
- It is categorised as a Notable Deaths event in recorded history.
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