1938

Biographical

Richard Kuhn was born in Vienna on December 3, 1900. His father, Richard Clemens Kuhn, was an engineer and “Hofrat”; his mother, Angelika Rodler, was a teacher in elementary schools. He was educated at the “Gymnasium” (grammar school). He studied chemistry at Vienna University and later at Munich under . He obtained his degree (D.Ph.)…

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Award ceremony speech

The following account of Kuhn’s work has been made. When Richard Kuhn in 1926 took over the Chair for General and Analytical Chemistry at the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich he set in motion a comprehensive series of investigations into the so-called conjugated double bonds which make up the essential arrangement of the atoms of…

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Biographical

Enrico Fermi was born in Rome on 29th September, 1901, the son of Alberto Fermi, a Chief Inspector of the Ministry of Communications, and Ida de Gattis. He attended a local grammar school, and his early aptitude for mathematics and physics was recognized and encouraged by his father’s colleagues, among them A. Amidei. In 1918,…

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Consommé trois filets Filet de sole, froid à la norvégienne Poularde rôtie à la châtelaine Salade de saison Soufflé glace pralinée Petits fours Fruits assortis Friandises VINS Sherry, El Caballero Pol Roger, Brut Réserve Louis Roederer, Gran Vin Sec Grand Vin le Vallon-Hanappier 1929 Fred´s Port

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