Charles J Pedersen
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Charles J Pedersen Net Worth

Charles J Pedersen was an American organic chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1987 for his work in describing methods of synthesizing crown ethers. He was the first DuPont scientist to win the Nobel Prize and did not have a doctorate degree. Pedersen studied chemical engineering at the University of Dayton and completed his master's degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He then found employment at DuPont Company, where he remained until his retirement. His discovery of crown ethers, a molecule containing hydrogen, carbon and oxygen atoms, came after the age of 60 and was the basis for his Nobel Prize.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Organic Chemist
Birth Day October 03, 1904
Birth Place Busan, South Korea, United States
Age 116 YEARS OLD
Died On October 26, 1989(1989-10-26) (aged 85)\nSalem, New Jersey, USA
Birth Sign Scorpio
Alma mater University of Dayton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Awards Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1987)
Fields Organic chemistry
Institutions DuPont

💰 Net worth

Charles J Pedersen, an accomplished Organic Chemist in the United States, is projected to have a net worth between $100K and $1M in 2024. Pedersen's expertise in the field of organic chemistry has not only earned him a reputable standing but also substantial financial stability. With his exceptional contributions to the field, Pedersen's net worth is expected to grow significantly in the coming years, solidifying his position as a respected figure in the scientific community.

Biography/Timeline

1904

Pedersen was born in Busan, on the coast of south-eastern Korea, to a Norwegian Father Brede Pedersen and a Japanese mother Takino Yasui, in 1904. Due to his father's work as an Engineer, he spent part of his childhood near the Unsan mine in present-day North Korea. He moved to Japan with his family at the age of 8 years to attend a convent school in Nagasaki. When he was 10 years old, he moved to Yokohama and entered an international school, called Saint Joseph College. He came to the United States in 1922 to study chemical engineering at the University of Dayton in Ohio. After receiving a bachelor's degree, he went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he received a master's degree in organic chemistry. Although his professors encouraged him to pursue a Ph.D. at MIT, Pedersen decided to start his career instead, partially because he no longer wanted to be supported by his Father. He is one of the few people to win a Nobel Prize in the sciences without having a Ph.D.

1927

In 1927, Pedersen began working for DuPont where he would remain for the next 42 years, retiring at the age of 65. At DuPont, his work resulted in 25 papers and 65 patents. In 1967 he published two works that are now considered classics; they describe the methods of synthesizing crown ethers (cyclic polyethers). The donut-shaped molecules were the first in a series of extraordinary compounds that form stable structures with alkali metal ions. In 1987 he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Donald Cram and Jean-Marie Lehn for his work in this area; Cram and Lehn expanded upon his original discoveries.

1989

Pedersen was diagnosed with myeloma in 1983, and though he was becoming increasingly frail, he traveled to Stockholm to accept the Nobel Prize in late 1987. Shortly thereafter, he was awarded a medal for excellence by the du Pont Research Fellows. He died on 26 October 1989 in Salem, New Jersey.

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