Fritz Haber - Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 1918
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Fritz Haber

Prize
Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 1918
for the synthesis of ammonia from its elements
Citizenship
Weimar Republic Weimar Republic Kingdom of Prussia Kingdom of Prussia
Languages
German
date of birth
12/9/1868
place of birth
Wrocław, Wrocław
date of death
1/29/1934
place of death
Basel
Lived
65 years
educated at
  • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
    • end time: 1891
    • start time: 1886
  • Technische Universität Berlin
    • end time: 1891
    • start time: 1886
  • Heidelberg University
    • end time: 1891
    • start time: 1886
  • Johanneum Breslau
  • Elisabeth-Gymnasium
  • ETH Zurich
employer
  • TH Karlsruhe
    • start time: 1894
  • Fritz Haber Institute of the MPG
    • end time: 1933
    • start time: 1911
  • ETH Zurich
  • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
member of
  • German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
    • start time: 1926
  • Academy of Sciences of the USSR
    • start time: 1932
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 1932
  • Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
position held
  • director
    • start time: 1911
  • Geheimrat
doctoral student
  • Hilde Levi
notable work
  • chemical weapon
  • Haber-Bosch process
field of work
  • physical chemistry
  • chemistry
occupation
  • engineer
  • physicist
  • chemist
  • university teacher
work location
  • Berlin
  • Karlsruhe
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