What is Charles J. Pedersen?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Charles John Pedersen | image = | birth_date = {{birth date|1904|10|3}} | birth_place = [[Busan]], [[Korean Empire]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1989|10|26|1904|10|3}} | death_place = [[Salem, New Jersey]], U.S. | nationality = [[United States|American]] | residence = | field = [[Organic chemistry]] | alma_mater = [[University of Dayton]], [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | work_institutions = [[DuPont]] | known_for = | prizes = [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] (1987) | spouse = }} '''Charles John Pedersen''' (October 3, 1904 – October 26, 1989) was an [[Americans|American]] [[chemist]]. He received the 1987 [[Nobel Prize]] in [[Chemistry]] together with [[Donald Cram|Donald James Cram]] and [[Jean-Marie Lehn]]. He specialized in [[organic chemistry]]. Pedersen had a Norwegian father and a Japanese mother. He was born in [[Busan]], [[Korea]] and died in [[Salem, New Jersey]]. == References == * {{cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1987/pedersen-facts.html |title=Jean-Charles J. Pedersen - Facts |website=Nobelprize.org|access-date=October 5, 2017}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20040804173923/http://www.rgcle.com/SS/p4.htm#i78 Charles J. Pedersen's Family Website] * [https://books.google.com/books?id=xz4cAQAAMAAJ The Journal of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan]. Page 41. 1987 {{Nobel Prize in Chemistry}} {{Nobelprize|Chemistry}} {{biography-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pedersen, Charles}} [[Category:1904 births]] [[Category:1989 deaths]] [[Category:American chemists]] [[Category:American Nobel Prize winners]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]] [[Category:People from Busan]] [[Category:People from Rutherford, New Jersey]] [[Category:Scientists from New Jersey]]