Chemistry
Karl Ziegler – Biographical
Biographical
Karl Ziegler was born in Helsa near Kassel in Germany, on November 26, 1898. He graduated in 1920 under Prof. von Auwers at the University of Marburg/Lahn, and qualified as a lecturer in 1923. After working for a short period at the University of Frankfurt/Main, he spent 10 years as a lecturer at Heidelberg. His…
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Press release
Press release
17 October 1990 has decided to award the 1990 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Professor Elias James Corey, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, for his development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis. Prize for masterly development of organic synthesis The development of the art of organic synthesis during little over a hundred years…
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1941
Summary
No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section.
moreAdolf von Baeyer – Biographical
Biographical
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer was born on October 31, 1835, in Berlin, as the son of Johann Jakob Baeyer and Eugenie née Hitzig. He came from a family distinguished both in literature and the natural sciences. His father, a lieutenant-general, was the originator of the European system of geodetic measurement. Even as a…
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