Wilhelm Ostwald
(1853-1932)
German physical chemist and Nobel laureate
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Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald (2 September [O.S. 21 August] 1853 – 4 April 1932) was a Baltic German chemist and philosopher. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1909 for his scientific contributions to the fields of catalysis, chemical equilibria and reaction velocities. Ostwald, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Walther Nernst, and Svante Arrhenius are credited with being the founders of the field of physical chemistry.
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2 September 1853 Riga, Latvia
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4 April 1932 (aged 78) Großbothen, Amtshauptmannschaft Grimma, Saxony, Weimar Republic
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| Zodiac | Virgo |
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