Gerhard Herzberg , PC , CC , FRSC , FRS ( December 25 , 1904 a March 3 , 1999 ) was a pioneering physicist and physical chemist , and Nobel Laureate in chemistry . Born in Germany , he fled to Canada in 1935, where he continued his distinguished scientific career. Herzberg's main work concerned atomic and molecular spectroscopy . plantspedia.org
In the early 1920s, when young Gerhard Herzberg chose astronomy as his preferred profession, his application to Germany's Hamburg Observatory came back with the advice that "there is no point in thinking of a career in astronomy unless one has private mea www.nserc.ca/award_e.asp?nav=herzberg&lbi=scientist
Gerhard Herzberg bends over the piles of paper on his big desk. He is overwhelmed. As director of the Pure Physics Department at Canada’s National Research Council, the fall of 1959 is a very busy time for him. Jack Shoesmith, his research technician, www.science.ca/scientists/scientistprofile.php?pID=8