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Born December 25, 1876 • Berlin • Germany
Died June 9, 1959 (aged 82) • Göttingen • Germany
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize
Subjects Of Study vitamin D
Emil Fischer.
Emil Fischer
German chemist
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Donald J. Cram
American chemist
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Richard Willstätter
German chemist
Baeyer, 1905
Adolf von Baeyer
German chemist
Sir Derek H.R. Barton
Sir Derek H.R. Barton
British chemist
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Kurt Wüthrich
Swiss scientist
Klug, Aaron
Aaron Klug
Lithuanian-born British chemist
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Vladimir Prelog
Swiss chemist
Richard F. Heck, 2010.
Richard F. Heck
American chemist
George A. Olah, 2009.
George A. Olah
Hungarian American chemist
Negishi Ei-ichi
Negishi Ei-ichi
Japanese chemist
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Paul Sabatier
French chemist
Sir Robert Robinson
Sir Robert Robinson
British chemist
Suzuki Akira
Suzuki Akira
Japanese chemist
Jean-Marie Lehn
Jean-Marie Lehn
French chemist
Wilhelm Ostwald.
Wilhelm Ostwald
German chemist
Haber
Fritz Haber
German chemist
Walther Nernst
Walther Nernst
German chemist
Ziegler
Karl Ziegler
German chemist
Otto Hahn
Otto Hahn
German chemist

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