F. Sherwood Rowland

Born

June 28, 1927

Died

March 10, 2012 (aged 84)

Known as

chemist, university teacher, author, environmental chemist

Frank Sherwood "Sherry" Rowland was an American Nobel laureate and a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. His research was on atmospheric chemistry and chemical kinetics. His best-known work was the discovery that chlorofluorocarbons contribute to ozone depletion.

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