Ahmed Zewail

Ahmed Zewail bio

Birth Name: Ahmed Zewail

Occupation: Chemist

Place Of Birth: Egypt

Date Of Birth: February 26, 1946

Date Of Death: August 2, 2016

Cause Of Death: N/A

Ethnicity: Unknown

Nationality: American


Ahmed Zewail was born on the 26th of February, 1946. He was best known for being a Chemist. The father of femtochemistry, the area of physical chemistry involved with chemical reactions on extremely short timescales. He became the first Egyptian scientist to win the Nobel Prize in a scientific field when he won the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Ahmed Zewail was born in Egypt. He was a chemistry professor at the California Institute of Technology from 1976 to 1990. He won the Priestley Medal and Davy Medal in 2011, which are both prestigious chemistry awards.

Ahmed Zewail was a Pisces and was born in the Baby Boomers Generation.


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Childhood

Ahmed Zewail was born in 1940s. The early 1940s were dominated by World War II. Following the end of the war, it was the start of the Baby Boomer years and technology advancements such as the jet engine, nuclear fusion, radar, rocket technology and others later became the starting points for Space Exploration and Improved Air Travel. The 40s also brought us the Slinky, Velcro, Jeep, Tupperware and Frisbee. Discover what happened on this day.

Ahmed Zewail is part of the Baby boomers generation. Also known as "boomers", are the result of the end of World War II, when birth rates across the world spiked. They are associated with a rejection of traditional values. These hippie kids protested against the Vietnam War and participated in the civil rights movement.

Education

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Family

Ahmed Zewail’s mother’s name is unknown at this time and his father’s name is under review. We will continue to update information on Ahmed Zewail’s parents.

Associated with

Yuan T. Lee

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Thomas Cech

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Personal Life

Like many famous people and celebrities, Ahmed Zewail kept his personal life private. Once more details are available, we will update this section.

Ahmed Zewail was born in the Year of the Dog.

Fast Facts

REAL NAME: Ahmed Zewail
NICKNAME: Ahmed
RELIGION: Unknown
AGE GENERATION: Baby Boomers Generation
BIRTH SIGN: Pisces
BIRTH DAY: Tuesday
DEATH DAY: Tuesday

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Horoscope

Zodiac Sign: Ahmed Zewail was a Pisces. People of this zodiac sign like romance, to sleep, spiritual themes and dislike the know-it-all, to be criticized, and cruelty of any kind. The strengths of this sign are being compassionate, artistic, gentle, wise, while weaknesses can be to be fearful, overly trusting and desire to escape reality. The greatest overall compatibility with Pieces is Virgo and Taurus.

Chinese Zodiac: Ahmed Zewail was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign are fiercely loyal and can always keep a secret. They're not afraid of the hardships in life, but they also tend to worry too much sometimes.

Ruling Planet: Ahmed Zewail had a ruling planet of Neptune and has a ruling planet of Neptune. Back the early 2,000 B.C. the outer planets, Uranus and Pluto, were not yet discovered, since the telescope had not yet been invented. Astrologers and astronomers could only work with planets visible to the eye.

Ahmed Zewail’s birth sign is Pisces and he had a ruling planet of Neptune.


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