Chemist
Linus Pauling
The only person to win two unshared Nobel Prizes, for chemistry and for peace. He was also badly wrong about DNA and about vitamin C, and said so about the first.
Linus Carl Pauling was an American chemist and peace activist. He published more than 1,200 papers and books, of which about 850 dealt with scientific topics. Scientific American called him one of the 20 greatest scientists of all time. For his scientific work, Pauling was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954. For his peace activism, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962. He is one of five people to have won more than one Nobel Prize. Of these, he is the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes, and one of two people to be awarded Nobel Prizes in different fields, the other being Marie Curie.
- Born
- 1901-02-28, Portland, Oregon, USAA Thursday
- Died
- 1994-08-19, Big Sur, California, USAA Friday, aged 93
- At birth
- Sun in Pisces, Moon in Cancer
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1901-02-28, Portland, Oregon, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then
America/Los_AngelesThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 9°33′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 17°21′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 21°40′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Aquarius | 24°02′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 0°22′ | Retrograde |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 7°43′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 13°55′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Sagittarius | 16°41′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Gemini | 26°27′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Gemini | 15°41′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1994-08-19, Big Sur, California, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Leo | 26°33′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 8°09′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 3°22′ | Direct |
| Venus | Libra | 12°29′ | Direct |
| Mars | Cancer | 1°57′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 8°05′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Pisces | 9°58′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Capricorn | 23°06′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Capricorn | 21°03′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Scorpio | 25°20′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Linus Pauling 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.