Leopold Ružička
Appearance
Leopold Ružička | |
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Born | Lavoslav Stjepan Ružička 13 September 1887 Vukovar, Kinrick o Croatie-Slavonie, Austrick-Hungary (present-day Croatie) |
Dee'd | 26 September 1976 Mammern, Swisserland | (aged 89)
Naitionality | Croatian, Swiss |
Citizenship | Austrick-Hungary (1887–1917) Swisserland (1917–1976) |
Alma mater | Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe |
Kent for | Terpenes |
Awairds | Marcel Benoist Prize (1938) Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1939) Faraday Lectureship Prize (1958) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biochemistry |
Institutions | ETH Zurich |
Doctoral advisor | Hermann Staudinger |
Doctoral students | George Büchi |
Leopold Ružička ForMemRS[1] (13 September 1887 – 26 September 1976) wis a Croatie-Swiss scientist an winner o the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry wha wirked maist o his life in Swisserland. He received aicht honoris causa doctorates in science, medicine, an law; seiven prizes an medals; an twinty-fower honorar memberships in chemical, biochemical, an ither scienteefic societies.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Prelog, V.; Jeger, O. (1980). "Leopold Ruzicka. 13 September 1887-26 September 1976". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 26: 411. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1980.0013.
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