Chemist
Ahmed Zewail
Egyptian American chemist who won the Nobel for femtochemistry.
Ahmed Hassan Zewail was an Egyptian-American chemist, known as the "father of femtochemistry". He was awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on femtochemistry and became the first Egyptian and Arab to win a Nobel Prize in a scientific field, and the first African to win a Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He was a professor of chemistry and physics at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), where he was the first Caltech faculty member to be named the Linus Pauling Chair of Chemical Physics and was the director of the Physical Biology Center for Ultrafast Science and Technology.
- Born
- 1946-02-26, Damanhur, EgyptA Tuesday
- Died
- 2016-08-02, Pasadena, USAA Tuesday, aged 70
- At birth
- Sun in Pisces, Moon in Capricorn
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1946-02-26, Damanhur, Egypt · time unknown, noon chart
Africa/Cairothe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 7°12′ | Direct |
| Moon | Capricorn | 2°31′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 19°56′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 13°13′ | Direct |
| Mars | Cancer | 14°13′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Libra | 27°00′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Cancer | 18°23′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Gemini | 13°25′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Libra | 8°02′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 10°02′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2016-08-02, Pasadena, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Leo | 10°53′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 9°59′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 4°33′ | Direct |
| Venus | Leo | 26°29′ | Direct |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 0°01′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 22°24′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 9°52′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Aries | 24°30′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Pisces | 11°25′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 15°35′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Ahmed Zewail was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.
