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Wilhelm Ostwald

nobel prize for chemistry


Details of the Nobel Prize awarded to Wilhelm Ostwald
Full Name
of the recipient		Wilhelm Ostwald
AwardNobel Prize in Chemistry
Year of Award1909
Share in Award100.0%
Award Shared with
Motivation
for the Award		in recognition of his work on catalysis and for his investigations into the fundamental principles governing chemical equilibria and rates of reaction
Affiliation
at the Time of Award		Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
Place of BirthRiga, Russian Empire (now known as Latvia LVA)
Date of Birth2 September 1853
Age
at the time of Award		55 years
Place of DeathLeipzig, Germany DEU
Date of Death4 April 1932
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