Mathematician
Herbert A. Hauptman
Direct methods for crystal structures, and the first mathematician to win a chemistry Nobel.
Herbert Aaron Hauptman was an American mathematician and Nobel laureate. He pioneered and developed a mathematical method that has changed the whole field of chemistry and opened a new era in research in determination of molecular structures of crystallized materials. Today, Hauptman's direct methods, which he continued to improve and refine, are routinely used to solve complicated structures. It was the application of this mathematical method to a wide variety of chemical structures that led the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to name Hauptman and Jerome Karle recipients of the 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- Born
- 1917-02-14, New York City, USAA Wednesday
- Died
- 2011-10-23, Buffalo, USAA Sunday, aged 94
- At birth
- Sun in Aquarius, Moon in Scorpio
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1917-02-14, New York City, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 25°27′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 20°55′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 29°31′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aquarius | 7°45′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aquarius | 28°31′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 0°19′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Cancer | 25°00′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 20°01′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Leo | 2°54′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 2°30′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2011-10-23, Buffalo, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Libra | 29°53′ | Direct |
| Moon | Virgo | 15°14′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 15°41′ | Direct |
| Venus | Scorpio | 17°56′ | Direct |
| Mars | Leo | 20°12′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 6°01′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Libra | 21°22′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 1°31′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Aquarius | 28°13′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 5°14′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Herbert A. Hauptman 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.
