- NAME: Linus Pauling
- OCCUPATION: Chemist
- BIRTH DATE: February 28, 1901
- DEATH DATE: August 19, 1994
- EDUCATION: Oregon Agricultural College, California Institute of Technology, Institute for Theoretical Physics
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Portland, Oregon
- PLACE OF DEATH: Big Sur, California
- Full Name: Linus Carl Pauling
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Linus Pauling was a theoretical physical chemist who became the only person to have won two unshared Nobel Prizes.
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