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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

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John Pople
Age: 78 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 31
Died: 2004
Died: March 15
Chemist
Mathematician
Physicist
University Teacher
John Anthony Pople
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