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Date of Birth
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22-May-1927
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Place of Birth
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Budapest
(Hungary, Central Hungary)
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Nationality
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Hungary, United States of America
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Also know as
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George A. Olah, György Oláh
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Profession
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Scientist, Chemist
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George Andrew Olah is a Hungarian and American chemist. His research involves the generation and reactivity of carbocations via superacids. For this research, Olah was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1994. He has also been awarded the Priestley Medal, the highest honor granted by the American Chemical Society and F.A. Cotton Medal for Excellence in Chemical Research of the American Chemical Society in 1996.
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