Gerhard Herzberg (1904–99) was a pioneering physical chemist and physicist 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." Google Books
Born: December 25, 1904, Hamburg, Germany
Died: March 3, 1999 (age 94 years), Ottawa, Canada
Awards: Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Frederic Ives Medal
Education: Technische Universität Darmstadt
Notable students: Boris P. Stoicheff, Takeshi Oka, and Anna Maria Ciccone
Academic advisor: Hans Rau