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Wilhelm Ostwald, Latvian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1932)

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Wilhelm Ostwald

German chemist and philosopher (1853–1932)

Wilhelm Friedrich Ostwald was a Baltic German chemist and philosopher. Ostwald is credited with being one of the founders of the field of physical chemistry, with Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Walther Nernst and Svante Arrhenius. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1909…
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry

One of the five Nobel Prizes established in 1895 by Alfred Nobel

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry,…
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September 2

Day of the year

September 2 is the 245th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 120 days remain until the end of the year.
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