Hammett, Louis P. (Louis Plack), 1894-1987

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Birth 1894-04-07
Death 1987-02-23
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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Louis Planck Hammett, 1894-1987 (Ph.D. 1923, Columbia), professor at Columbia University, 1920-1961; Mitchell Professor of Chemistry Emeritus, 1961-1987. Hammett taught graduate and undergraduate courses in Quantitative Analysis, Physical Chemistry, and Physical Organic Chemistry. Hammett's chief research interests lay in the application of the quantitative methods of physical chemistry to the problems of theoretical organic chemistry.

From the guide to the Louis Planck Hammett Papers, 1921-1986., (Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library, )

Louis Planck Hammett, 1894-1987 (Ph.D. 1923, Columbia), professor at Columbia University, 1920-1961; Mitchell Professor of Chemistry Emeritus, 1961-1987.

Hammett taught graduate and undergraduate courses in Quantitative Analysis, Physical Chemistry, and Physical Organic Chemistry. Hammett's chief research interests lay in the application of the quantitative methods of physical chemistry to the problems of theoretical organic chemistry.

From the description of Louis Planck Hammett papers, 1921-1986. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 460879045

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  • Acidity function
  • Chemistry
  • Chemistry, Organic
  • Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
  • Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
  • Hammett equation
  • Manhattan Project (U.S.)
  • Physical organic chemistry
  • Science
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War, 1939-1945

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  • Chemists
  • Chemists
  • Chemists

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  • United States (as recorded)