List of Famous Inorganic Chemists
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Updated on January 17, 2026
Birthdate: December 9, 1919
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Died: April 14, 2011
William Lipscomb was an American inorganic and organic chemist. He is best remembered for winning the 1976 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He won the award for studying the structure of boranes, which thew light on the problems of chemical bonding. William Lipscomb is also remembered for his work in theoretical chemistry, nuclear magnetic resonance, biochemistry, and boron chemistry.
