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John Pople
English
Scientist
Born:
Oct 31
,
1925
Died:
Mar 15
,
2004
Age
Cambridge
Children
Had
Mathematics
Research
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From an early age I was told that I was expected to do more than continue to run a small business. Education was important and seen as a way of moving forward.
John Pople
Education
Business
Age
Moving Forward
Seen
Important
Way
Run
More
Small
Small Business
Continue
Than
Expected
Moving
Forward
Early
Early Age
In the war, most young men were inducted into the armed forces at the age of 17. A group of students was permitted to attend university before taking part in wartime research projects.
John Pople
War
Age
Men
Before
Young
Research
Group
Projects
Students
Part
Attend
Taking
Armed
Armed Forces
Most
Forces
Permitted
Were
Young Men
Wartime
University
Life with a scientist who is often changing jobs and is frequently away at meetings and on lecture tours is not easy. Without a secure home base, I could not have made much progress.
John Pople
Life
Home
Progress
Made
Changing
Meetings
Secure
Jobs
Easy
Could
Tours
Without
Frequently
Scientist
Lecture
Often
Much
Home Base
Who
Base
Away
Looking through the list of earlier Nobel laureates, I note a large number with whom I became acquainted and with whom I interacted during those years as they passed through Cambridge.
John Pople
Looking
Those
Laureate
Through
Nobel
Became
Passed
Cambridge
Years
List
Note
Acquainted
Large
Large Number
Whom
Earlier
Number
I had changed from being a mathematician to a practicing scientist. I was increasingly embarassed that I could no longer follow some of the more modern branches of pure mathematics.
John Pople
Mathematics
Pure
Changed
Increasingly
Follow
Some
More
Could
Had
Longer
Practicing
Scientist
Mathematician
Branches
Modern
Being
Leaving England was a painful decision, and we still have some regrets about it. However, at that time, the research environment for theoretical chemistry was clearly better in the U.S.
John Pople
Time
Better
Decision
Chemistry
Research
Some
About
Environment
Clearly
Still
Leaving
However
Regrets
Theoretical
Painful
England
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