John Pople
John Pople
Sir John Anthony Pople, KBE FRS was a theoretical chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Walter Kohn in 1998 for his development of computational methods in quantum chemistry...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth31 October 1925
jobs home progress
Life with a scientist who is often changing jobs and is frequently away at meetings and on lecture tours is not easy. Without a secure home base, I could not have made much progress.
regret decision leaving
Leaving England was a painful decision, and we still have some regrets about it. However, at that time, the research environment for theoretical chemistry was clearly better in the U.S.
running moving age
From an early age I was told that I was expected to do more than continue to run a small business. Education was important and seen as a way of moving forward.
age records chemistry
I was approaching the age of 40 with a substantial publication record, but had not yet held any position in a chemistry department.
opportunity past years
I have had many opportunities to visit universities all over the world in the past 50 years.