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Call Number: SC0731
Creator:
Taube, Henry, 1915-2005
Title: Henry Taube papers
Dates: 1941-2003
Physical Description:
64 linear feet (52 boxes)
Summary: Collection pertains to his teaching and research, primarily while at Stanford University, and includes grant files, articles
and papers, reprints, class files, correspondence, travel records, and biographical materials.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
This collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 48 hours in advance of intended use.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Henry Taube Papers (SC0731). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Born in Canada, Henry Taube received his B.S. in chemistry at the University of Saskatchewan in 1935, and his Ph.D. in Chemistry
from Berkeley in 1940. He was an Instructor at Berkeley, Assistant Professor at Cornell, rose to Professor at the University
of Chicago, and in 1962 came to Stanford University. At Stanford he served as chair of the Department of Chemistry from 1972-74
and again in 1978-79. Henry's research interests were in both inorganic and organic chemistry; his work has been central to
many different fields such as electron transfer at semiconductor electrodes, solar energy conversion, and photosynthesis.
For his great contributions to science, Henry received numerous honors, including membership in the National Academy of Sciences
(1959), The National Medal of Science (1977), The Priestley Medal (1985, the highest award of the American Chemical Society)
and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1983). He died in November 2005.
Collection pertains to his teaching and research, primarily while at Stanford University, and includes grant files, articles
and papers, reprints, class files, correspondence, travel records, and biographical materials.
Stanford University. Dept. of Chemistry--Faculty.
Taube, Henry, 1915-2005
Chemistry, Inorganic.
Chemistry--Study and teaching.