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Walter Kohn — Age & Birthday

Born: 9 March 1923 · Died: 19 April 2016 · Age at death: 93

How old was Walter Kohn when he died?

Walter Kohn died aged 93. He was born on 9 March 1923 and died on 19 April 2016.

Nobel Prize-winning physicist who developed density functional theory

Did you know?He was a Jewish refugee who escaped Nazi-occupied Austria as a teenager on the Kindertransport to reach the United Kingdom.

Walter Kohn (German pronunciation:; March 9, 1923 – April 19, 2016) was an Austrian-American theoretical physicist and theoretical chemist. He was awarded, with John Pople, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1998.

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Born: March 9, 1923 · Vienna, Austria
Died: April 19, 2016
Cause of death: Laryngeal cancer
Nationality: Austrian
Known for: Science

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Father: Salomon Kohn

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