Charles J. Pedersen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles J. Pedersen

American organic chemist

Date of Birth: 03-Oct-1904

Place of Birth: Busan, South Korea

Date of Death: 26-Oct-1989

Profession: chemist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Charles John Pedersen (October 3, 1904 – October 26, 1989) was an American organic chemist best known for describing methods of synthesizing crown ethers during his entire 42-year career as a chemist for DuPont at DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware and at DuPont's Jackson Laboratory in Deepwater, New Jersey.
Often associated with Reed McNeil Izatt, Pedersen also shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1987 with Donald J.
Cram and Jean-Marie Lehn.
He is the only Nobel Prize laureate born in Korea other than Peace Prize laureate Kim Dae-jung.