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Linus Carl Pauling is born in Portland, Oregon. He is the first child his parents had. His mother's name is Lucy Isabelle. His father's name is Herman Henry William Pauling.Lucy is from Oregon and his father is from Missouri.
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In 1902, Pauline Darling Pauling is born in Portland.
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Frances Lucile Pauling is born in Oswego.
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Linus' grandfather dies in Sellwood of valvulus heart disease.
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Linus' father died of a stomach ulcer.
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His college sends him a letter for him to start workiing as an assistant for a teacher.
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While Linus was teaching, he fell in love with a woman named Ava Helen Miller and they begin dating.
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Linus and Ava have a wish to marry but their parents don't agree.
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Linus goes back to Oregon to marry Ava.
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Linus and Ava have their first baby, Linus Pauling Jr.
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He recieves a PHD. degree in physical chemistry and mathematical physics.
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Linus’s mother dies in a hospital in Salem, Oregon. He doesn't receive news about it until the end of July from his sister.
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He is awarded his renewal for Guggenheim Fellowship.
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He introduced the concept of electronegativity.
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During World War II, he did not work on any military projects and refused to work in the "Manhattan Project,"a research an development project that will produce the first atomic bomb.
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He became a member of the Emergency Comittee of atomic Scientists, an organisation that warned the public of the hazards associated with the development of nuclear weapons.
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Linus receives an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Oxford University and receives an honorary degree from the University of Paris.
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In his fiftieth birthday, Pauling wrote "The Structure of Proteins: Two Hydrogen-Bonded Helical Configurations of the Polypeptide Chain,"
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Linus gives an account of both the alpha and the gamma helix and he reveals about the structure of collagen and hemoglobin. This is reckognized all over the world.
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He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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Pauling receives the Amadeo Avogadro Medal in Rome.
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He participated in the"Baby Tooth Survey", that demonstrated the dangers of above-ground nuclear testing . The same year, along with his wife he presented the United Nations a petition signed by 11000 scientists to end nuclear weapon testing.
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He opposed America's involvement in the Vietnam War, for this cause he made many public speeches and signed protest letters and petitions.
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Pauling wins a Nobel Peace Prize.
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His book titled ‘Vitamin C and the Common Cold’ was published. The book was about the benefits of the intake of Vitamin C in big doses to prevent different kind of diseases.
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He was awarded the International Lenin Peace Price.
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He continued to work as a peace activist and in 1974, co-founded the ‘International League of Humanists’, an organisation with the primary objective of promoting peace and human rights.
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He authored another edition on the health benefits of vitamin C titled, ‘How to live longer and Feel Better’. The book advocated the intake of high dosages of Vitamin C.
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Linus receives the American Chemical Society Award in Chemical Education.
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Linus Pauling dies.