Otto Wallach - Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 1910
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Otto Wallach

Prize
Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 1910
in recognition of his services to organic chemistry and the chemical industry by his pioneer work in the field of alicyclic compounds
Citizenship
German Empire German Empire
Languages
German
date of birth
3/27/1847
place of birth
Königsberg
date of death
2/26/1931
place of death
Göttingen
Lived
83 years
educated at
  • University of Göttingen
    • academic degree: doctorate
    • end time: 1869
    • start time: 1867
  • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
employer
  • University of Bonn
    • start time: 1870
    • end time: 1889
  • University of Göttingen
    • start time: 1889
    • end time: 1915
doctoral student
  • Heinrich Mallison
  • Norman Haworth
  • Abram Berkengeim
member of
  • Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
  • Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony
  • German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
occupation
  • chemist
  • university teacher
field of work
  • organic chemistry
  • chemistry
notable work
  • Wallach rearrangement
work location
  • Bonn
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