Alfred Werner - Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 1913
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Alfred Werner

Prize
Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 1913
in recognition of his work on the linkage of atoms in molecules by which he has thrown new light on earlier investigations and opened up new fields of research especially in inorganic chemistry
Citizenship
Switzerland Switzerland France France
Languages
French, German
date of birth
12/12/1866
place of birth
Mulhouse
date of death
11/15/1919
place of death
Zurich
Lived
52 years
field of work
  • chemistry
  • physical chemistry
  • organic chemistry
member of
  • Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony
occupation
  • chemist
  • university teacher
educated at
  • ETH Zurich
  • University of Zurich
employer
  • University of Zurich
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