Famous Chemists Birthday, Biography & Family

Otto Diels

Otto Diels or Otto Paul Herman Diels was a German scientist who received the Nobel Prize in chemistry. This biography provides detailed information about his childhood, life, research work, achievements and timeline.

Born: 23 January 1876 German

Otto Wallach

Otto Wallach was a German chemist who won the 1910 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work on alicyclic compounds. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

Born: 27 March 1847 German

Hartmut Michel

Hartmut Michel is a German biochemist who won with Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1988. Explore this biography to know in details about his life, profile and scientific career.

Born: 18 July 1948 German

Johann Deisenhofer

Johann Deisenhofer is a German biochemist who determined the three-dimensional structure of the photosynthetic reaction center. This biography profiles his childhood, life, research career, achievements and timeline.

Born: 30 September 1943 German

Paul Walden

Paul Walden was a Latvian-German chemist who is known for his path-breaking invention known as Walden inversion. which demonstrated that, using certain exchange reactions, it is possible to obtain different stereoisomers from the same compound.

Born: 26 July 1863 German

Max Volmer

Max Volmer was a German physical chemist who is known for his important contributions to the field of electrochemistry. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

Born: 03 May 1885 German

Feodor Lynen

Feodor Lynen was a German biochemist who jointly received the ‘Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine’ in 1964. This biography profiles his childhood, life, research, career, achievements and timeline.

Born: 06 April 1911 German

Joachim Sauer

Joachim Sauer was born on 19 April 1949. He was German national and known as Chemist, University teacher.

Born: 19 April 1949 German

Justus Von Liebig

Justus Von Liebig was born on 12 May 1803. He was German national and known as Chemist, Scientist, Inventor, University teacher,.

Born: 12 May 1803 German

August Kekulé

August Kekulé was born on 07 September 1829. He was German national and known as Chemist.

Born: 07 September 1829 German