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Richard Adolf Zsigmondy
Full Name of the recipient | Richard Adolf Zsigmondy |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
Year of Award | 1925 |
Share in Award | 100.0% |
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Motivation for the Award | for his demonstration of the heterogenous nature of colloid solutions and for the methods he used, which have since become fundamental in modern colloid chemistry |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | Goettingen University, Göttingen, Germany |
Place of Birth | Vienna, Austrian Empire (now known as Austria AUT) |
Date of Birth | 1 April 1865 |
Age at the time of Award | 59 years |
Place of Death | Göttingen, Germany DEU |
Date of Death | 24 September 1929 |