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Leopold Ruzicka

nobel prize for chemistry


Details of the Nobel Prize awarded to Leopold Ruzicka
Full Name
of the recipient		Leopold Ruzicka
AwardNobel Prize in Chemistry
Year of Award1939
Share in Award50.0%
Award Shared withAdolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt (50.0%)
Motivation
for the Award		for his work on polymethylenes and higher terpenes
Affiliation
at the Time of Award		Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Zurich, Switzerland
Place of BirthVukovar, Austria-Hungary (now known as Croatia HRV)
Date of Birth13 September 1887
Age
at the time of Award		51 years
Place of DeathZurich, Switzerland CHE
Date of Death26 September 1976
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