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Born October 14, 1767 • Geneva • Switzerland
Died April 18, 1845 (aged 77) • Geneva • Switzerland
Notable Works “Recherches chimiques sur la végétation”
Subjects Of Study photosynthesis
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Tadeus Reichstein
Swiss chemist
Joseph Priestley
Joseph Priestley
English clergyman and scientist
Melvin Calvin
Melvin Calvin
American biochemist
Tu Youyou
Tu Youyou
Chinese scientist and phytochemist
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Robert Huber
German biochemist
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Johann Deisenhofer
German American biochemist
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Hartmut Michel
German biochemist
Alfred Werner
Alfred Werner
Swiss chemist
Portrait of Dr. Albert Hofmann, discoverer of LSD, wearing a collared shirt, tie, and jacket, looking directly at the camera.
Albert Hofmann
Swiss chemist
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Jacques Dubochet
Swiss biophysicist
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Kurt Wüthrich
Swiss scientist
Paul Müller
Paul Hermann Müller
Swiss chemist
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Richard R. Ernst
Swiss chemist
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Paul Karrer
Swiss chemist
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Leopold Ružička
Swiss chemist
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Jean Senebier
Swiss botanist
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John Ulric Nef
American chemist
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Vladimir Prelog
Swiss chemist
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Jean-Charles Galissard de Marignac
Swiss chemist
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Henry Enfield Roscoe
English chemist

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