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Rudolph Pariser

1923 – 2021

American theoretical chemist

Physical chemistPolymer chemist
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Lived 1923 – 2021 (aged 97). Rudolph Pariser was an American physical chemist and polymer chemist.

Rudolph Israel Pariser (December 8, 1923 – February 2, 2021) was an American physical and polymer chemist.

Biography Rudolph Israel Pariser was born in Harbin, China to merchant parents, Ludwig Jacob Pariser and Lia Rubinstein. He attended the Von Hindenburg Schule in Harbin, an American Missionary School in Beijing and American School in Japan in Tokyo. He left for the United States just before World War II broke out.

Pariser received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1944, and his Ph. D. degree from the University of Minnesota in physical chemistry in 1950. From 1944 to 1946, during World War II and shortly afterward, he served in the United States Army. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1944. now known (because it was independently developed by John A. Pople) as the Pariser–Parr–Pople method (PPP method), published both by Pariser and Parr and by Pople in almost simultaneous papers in 1953.

On July 31, 1972, Pariser married Margaret Louise Marsh. He died on February 2, 2021, at the age of 97.

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Physical chemist, polymer chemist
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University of Minnesota, University of California, Berkeley
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Rudolph Israel Pariser

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Who was Rudolph Pariser?

American theoretical chemist (1923–2021)

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Rudolph Pariser was born on 8 December 1923 in Harbin.

When did Rudolph Pariser die?

Rudolph Pariser died on 2 February 2021.

What was Rudolph Pariser's occupation?

Rudolph Pariser was a physical chemist and polymer chemist.

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Rudolph Pariser was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Rudolph Pariser

· Wikidata: Q737365

· DBpedia: Rudolph Pariser

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