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| Born | (1907-08-14)August 14, 1907 |
| Died | October 11, 1997(1997-10-11) (aged 90) |
| Alma mater | Amherst College Harvard University |
| Awards | ACS Award in Pure Chemistry (1938) Willard Gibbs Award (1963) National Medal of Science (1968) William H. Nichols Medal (1976) Welch Award (1981) |
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| Institutions | Rockefeller Institute, University of Minnesota, Harvard University, Texas Christian University |
| Doctoral advisor | James Bryant Conant[citation needed] |
| Doctoral students | Paul von Ragué Schleyer, James Cullen Martin, Aryeh Frimer |
Paul Doughty Bartlett (August 14, 1907 – October 11, 1997) was an American chemist.
Bartlett was born inAnn Arbor,Michigan and grew up inIndianapolis. He received his B.A. fromAmherst College in 1928. After his graduation from Harvard withJames Bryant Conant, Bartlett worked at theRockefeller Institute and theUniversity of Minnesota. Most of his career was spent at Harvard. Among other achievements, Bartlett was co-author withLawrence H. Knox of a classic paper on organic reaction mechanisms.[1][2][3] After his retirement in 1972, he started his second career atTexas Christian University.
He was elected a Fellow of theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1946[4] and the United StatesNational Academy of Sciences in 1947.[5] He was awarded theWillard Gibbs Award in 1963,[6]National Medal of Science in 1968,[7] and theJohn Price Wetherill Medal in 1970. In 1969, Paul Doughty Bartlett was elected as member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. He was elected to theAmerican Philosophical Society in 1978.[8]
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