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

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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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creatorOf Louis Planck Hammett Papers, 1921-1986. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Hammett, Louis P. (Louis Plack), 1894-1987. Notes and manuscripts, [ca.1965]-1970. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Hammett, Louis P. (Louis Plack), 1894-1987. Louis Planck Hammett papers, 1921-1986. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn History of physics manuscript biography collection D-H, 1901-1989, [ca. 1960]-1989 (bulk) New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Hammett, Louis P. (Louis Plack), 1894-1987. Autobiographical notes, ca. 1960. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
creatorOf Hammett, Louis P. (Louis Plack), 1894-1987. Oral history interview with Louis Plack Hammett, 1978 May 1 and 22. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
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associatedWith Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978. person
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associatedWith Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 person
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associatedWith Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946. person
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associatedWith Urey, Harold Clayton, 1893-1981. person
associatedWith Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952. person
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Hammett equation
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World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1939-1945
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Birth 1894-04-07

Death 1987-02-23

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