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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1909
Wilhelm Ostwald

Wilhelm Ostwald - Facts

Wilhelm Ostwald

Wilhelm Ostwald

Born: 2 September 1853, Riga, Latvia, Russian Empire

Died: 4 April 1932, Leipzig, Germany

Affiliation at the time of the award: Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany

Prize motivation: "in recognition of his work on catalysis and for his investigations into the fundamental principles governing chemical equilibria and rates of reaction"

Field: Physical chemistry

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