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Rudolph A. Marcus
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Rudolph Arthur Marcus
July 21, 1923 |
| Nationality | American, Canadian |
| Citizenship | United States, Canada |
| Alma mater | McGill University |
| Known for | Electron transfer |
| Spouse(s) | Laura Hearne (1949-2003; her death; 3 children) |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1992) |
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| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | Polytechnic Institute of New York University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Caltech |
Rudolph Arthur Marcus (born July 21, 1923) is a Canadian-American chemist. He received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems. The Marcus theory is named after him.
Marcus was born in Montreal, Quebec.
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