Quotes by Henry Taube

About Henry Taube:


Henry Taube, was a Canadian-born American chemist noted for having been awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "his work in the mechanisms of electron-transfer reactions, especially in metal complexes." He was the first Canadian-born chemist to win the Nobel Prize, and remains the only Saskatchewanian-born Nobel laureate. Taube completed his undergraduate and Masters degrees at the University of Saskatchewan, and his Ph.D from the University of California, Berkeley. After finishing graduate school, Taube worked at Cornell University, the University of Chicago and Stanford University.

Author Bio


  • NameHenry Taube
  • DescriptionCanadian-born American chemist
  • BornNovember 30, 1915
  • DiedNovember 16, 2005
  • CountryUnited States Of America; Brazil
  • ProfessionChemist
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Nobel Prize In Chemistry; Willard Gibbs Award; NAS Award In Chemical Sciences