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Charles John Pedersen (October 3, 1904 – October 26, 1989 ) was an American organic chemist best known for describing methods of synthesizing crown ethers.

He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1987. His Japanese first name was Yoshio (良男, Yoshio?).

Born in Pusan, Korean peninsula to a Norwegian father and a Japanese mother, in 1904, Pedersen came to the United States in 1922 to study chemical engineering at the University of Dayton in Ohio.

After receiving a bachelor's degree, he went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he received a master's degree in organic chemistry.

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Although his professors encouraged him to pursue a Ph.D. at MIT, Pedersen decided to start his career instead, partially because he no longer wanted to be supported by his father. He is one of the few people to win a Nobel prize in the sciences without having a Ph.D.

In 1927, Pedersen began working at du Pont where he would remain for the next 42 years, retir