Gilbert N. Lewis

Gilbert Newton Lewis (October 23, 1875-March 23, 1946) was a famous American physical chemist.

Early life

Lewis was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts as the son of a Dartmouth-graduated lawyer/broker. He was a precocious child who learned to read at age three.

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Weymouth, Massachusetts - Dartmouth

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His family moved to Lincoln, Nebraska when he was 9. He was homeschooled until age 9. He went to public school from age 9 to 14 and then he went to the University of Nebraska, and three years later transferred to the Harvard University where he showed an interest in economics, but concentrated in chemistry, getting his B.A. in 1896 and his Ph.D. in 1899. His first published work, a study of thermochemical and electrochemical properties of amalgams, was based on his doctoral research and was published in 1898.

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Lincoln, Nebraska - Homeschooled - University of Nebraska - Economics - Chemistry - B.A. - 1896 - Ph.D. - 1899 - Amalgam - 1898

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