Birth Name: Richard Heck
Occupation: Chemist
Place Of Birth: Springfield
Date Of Birth: August 15, 1931
Date Of Death: October 10, 2015
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Unknown
Nationality: American
Richard Heck was born on the 15th of August, 1931. He was famous for being a Chemist. American chemist who is best known for the discovery and development of the Heck reaction. He helped develop the mechanism of alkene hydroformylation, which is used to produce about 15 billion pounds of alcohols and aldehydes annually.
Richard Heck was born in Springfield. He earned his doctor of philosophy from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1954, after receiving his bachelor’s degree there two years before. He won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2010 for his work in palladium-catalyzed coupling reactions in organic synthesis.
Richard Heck was a Leo and was born in the Silent Generation.
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Childhood
Richard Heck was born in 1930s. The 1930s were called the Great Depression (1929-1939). It was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world. Despite the Great Depression, Hollywood and popular film production flourished. Radio was the main source of entertainment, information, and political propaganda, and jazz, blues, gospel, and folk music, became immensely popular. Discover what happened on this day.
Richard Heck is part of the Silent Generation, which followed after the G.I. Generation. As young adults during the McCarthy Era, many members of this generation felt it was dangerous to speak out. They were too young to see action in World War II and too old to participate in the fun of the Summer of Love.
Education
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Family
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Personal Life
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Richard Heck was born in the Year of the Goat.
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| REAL NAME: | Richard Heck |
| NICKNAME: | Richard |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | Silent Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Leo |
| BIRTH DAY: | Saturday |
| DEATH DAY: | Saturday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: Richard Heck was a Leo. People of this zodiac sign like to be admired, expensive things, bright colors, and dislike being ignored, facing difficulties, not being treated specially. The strengths of this sign are being creative, passionate, generous, warm-hearted, cheerful, humorous, while weaknesses can be arrogant, stubborn, self-centered, lazy and inflexible. The greatest overall compatibility with Leo is Aquarius, Gemini.
Chinese Zodiac: Richard Heck was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign enjoy being alone with their thoughts. They're creative thinkers, economic, cautitous and appreciate the arts, they can also be indecisive.
Ruling Planet: Richard Heck had a ruling planet of Sun and has a ruling planet of Sun and by astrological associations Saturday is ruled by Sun. The Sun is about vitality and is the core giver of life. It is also known as being the most generous and noble of signs. People who are born with the Sun as the ruling planet are courageous, self-expressive and bold.
Richard Heck’s birth sign is Leo and he had a ruling planet of Sun.
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