Lars Onsager
- Born: November 27, 1903 (Oslo, Norway)
- Died: October 5, 1976 (Miami, Florida)
Education
- 1925: ChE, Technical University of Norway
- 1935: PhD, Yale University (Theoretical Chemistry)
Major Positions
- 1928–1928: Johns Hopkins University, Associate in Chemistry
- 1928–1933: Brown University, Research Instructor
- 1934–1945: Yale University, Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
- 1945–1972: Yale University, Gibbs Professor of Theoretical Chemistry
- 1972–1976: University of Miami, Distinguished University Professor of Theoretical Chemistry, Center for Theoretical Studies
Other Positions
- 1951–1952: Cambridge University, Fulbright Scholar
- 1961–1961: University of California, San Diego, Visiting Professor
- 1967–1967: Rockefeller University, Visiting Professor
- 1968–1968: University of Göttingen, Visiting Gauss Professor
- 1970–1970: State University of Leiden, Visiting Lorentz Professor
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1946: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 1968: Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1968: National Medal of Science
Archival Resources
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Gunnerus Library, Trondheim, Norway
Online Finding Aid
Microform Copies: Yale University Library, Manuscripts and Archives, New Haven, Connecticut
Resources on the Web
Published Resources
H. Christopher Longuet-Higgins and Michael E. Fisher, "Lars Onsager: 1903-1976", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
