Chemist
Rudolph A. Marcus
Electron transfer theory, and a prediction nobody believed for twenty years.
Rudolph Arthur Marcus was a Canadian-born American chemist who received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his contributions to the theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems". Marcus theory, named after him, provides a thermodynamic and kinetic framework for describing one electron outer-sphere electron transfer. He was a professor at Caltech, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science.
- Born
- 1923-07-21, Montreal, CanadaA Saturday
- Died
- 2026-07-16, Pasadena, USAA Thursday, aged 102
- At birth
- Sun in Cancer, Moon in Scorpio
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1923-07-21, Montreal, Canada · time unknown, noon chart
America/Torontothe zone used then
America/TorontoThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 27°51′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 5°50′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Cancer | 26°59′ | Direct |
| Venus | Cancer | 14°01′ | Direct |
| Mars | Leo | 3°35′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 9°22′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Libra | 14°20′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Pisces | 17°14′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Leo | 17°08′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 11°10′ | Direct |
Death Chart
2026-07-16, Pasadena, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 24°15′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 26°58′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Cancer | 18°26′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Virgo | 7°48′ | Direct |
| Mars | Gemini | 12°39′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Leo | 3°35′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 14°39′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Gemini | 4°26′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Aries | 4°23′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Aquarius | 4°31′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Rudolph A. Marcus 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.