20th Century

20th Century

20th Century


Aston, Francis William (1877-1945)

Born: Harborne (England), 1877 Died: Cambridge (England), 1945


Barton, Derek Harold Richard (1918-1998)

Born: Gravesend (England), 1918 Died: College Station, Texas (US), 1998


Bosch, Carl (1874-1940)

Born: Cöln (Germany), 1874 Died: Heidelberg (Germany), 1940


Brönsted, Johannes Nicolaus (1879-1947)

Born: Varde, Jutland (Denmark), 22 February 1879 Died: Copenhagen (Denmark), 17 December 1947


Butenandt, Adolf Friedrich Johann (1903-1995)

Born: Bremerhaven (Germany), 1903 Died: München (Germany), 1995


Curie, Marie (1867-1934)

Born : Warsaw (Poland), 1867 Died : Haute Savoie (France), 1934


Debye, Peter Joseph Wilhelm (1884-1966)

Born: Maastricht (The Netherlands), 1884 Died: Ithaca (USA), 1966


Diels, Otto Paul Hermann (1876-1954)

Born: Hamburg (Germany), 1876 Died: Kiel (Germany), 1954


Grignard, François Auguste Victor (1871-1935)

Born: Cherbourg (France), 1871 Died: Lyon Rhône (France), 1935


Haber, Fritz (1868-1934)

Born: Breslau (Germany), 1868 Died: Basel (Switzerland), 1934


Hahn, Otto (1879-1968)

Born: Frankfurt-am-Main (Germany), 1879 Died: Göttingen (Germany), 1968


Hantzsch, Arthur Rudolf (1857-1935)

Born: Dresden (Germany), 1857 Died Dresden (Germany), 1935


Hassel, Odd (1897-1981)

Born: Oslo (Norway), 17 May 1897 Died: Oslo (Norway), 11 May 1981

Haworth, Walter Norman (1883-1950)

Born : Chorley (England), 1883 Died : Birmingham (England), 1950


Hevesy, Gÿorgy Charles (1885-1966)

Born: Budapest (Hungary), 1885 Died: Freiburg-im-Breisgau (Germany), 1966


Heyrovský, Jaroslav (1890-1967)

Born: Prague (Austria-Hungary, now Czech Republic), 1890 Died: Prague (Czech Republic), 1967


Hinshelwood, Cyril Norman (1897-1967)

Born: London (England), 1897 Died: London (England), 1967


Hodgkin, Dorothy Mary (1910-1994)

Born: Cairo (Egypt), 1910 Died: Warwickshire (England), 1994


Ingold, Christopher Kelk (1893-1970)

Born: London (England), 1893 Died: Edgware (England), 1970


Karrer, Paul (1889-1971)

Born: Moscow (Russia), 1889 Died: Zürich (Switzerland), 1971


Kendrew, John Cowdery (1917-1997)

Born: Oxford (England), 1917 Died: 1997


Natta, Giulio (1903-1979)

Born: Imperia near Genoa (Italy), 1903 Died: Bergamo (Italy), 1979


Nernst, Walther Hermann (1864-1941)

Born: Briesen near Thorn (Torun) (Germany), 1864 Died: Ober-Zibelle near Bautzen (Germany), 1941


Noddack, Ida Eva (1896-1978)

Born: Lackhausen near Wesel (Germany), 1896 Died: Bad Neuenahr (Germany), 1978


Pregl, Fritz (1869-1930)

Born: Laibach (now Slovenia), 1869 Died: Graz (Austria), 1930


Prelog, Vladimir (1906-1998)

Born: Sarajevo (now Bosnia-Herzegovina), 1906 Died: 1998


Reppe, Walter Julius (1892-1969)

Born: Göringen near Eisenach (Germany), 1892 Died: Heidelberg (Germany), 1969


Robinson, Robert (1886-1975)

Born: Bufford (England), 1886 Died: London (England), 1975


Rutherford, Ernest (1871-1937)

Born: Brightwater (New Zealand), 1871 Died: London (England), 1937


Ruzicka, Leopold Stephen (1887-1976)

Born: Vukovar (now Croatia), 1887 Died: Mammern (Switzerland), 1976


Sabatier, Paul (1854-1941)

Born: Carcassonne (France), 1854 Died: Toulouse (France), 1941


Semenov, Nikolay Nikolaevich (1896-1986)

Born: Saratov (Russia), 1896 Died: (Russia), 1986


Soddy, Frederick (1877-1956)

Born: Eastbourne (Great Britain), 1877 Died: Brighton (Great Britain), 1956


Sörensen, Soren Peter Lauritz (1868-1939)

Born: Haurebjerg near Slagelse (Denmark), 9 January 1868 Died: Copenhagen (Denmark), 12 February 1939


Staudinger, Hermann (1881-1965)

Born: Worms (Germany), 1881 Died: Freiburg (Germany), 1965


Stock, Alfred (1876-1946)

Born: Danzig (Gdansk) (Germany), 1876 Died: Aken near Dessau (Germany), 1946


Svedberg, Theodor H.E. (1884-1971)

Born: Fleräng near Valbo (Sweden), 30 August 1884 Died: Kopparberg near Örebro (Sweden), 24 February 1971


Todd, Alexander Robertus (1907-1997)

Born: Glasgow (Scotland), 1907 Died 1997


Tswet, Michail Semënovic (1872-1919)

Born: Asti (Italy), 1872 Died : Voronezh (Russia), 1919


Wilkinson, Geoffrey (1921-1998)

Born: Todmorden (England), 1921 Died: England, 1998


Willstätter, Richard Martin (1872-1942)

Born: Karlsruhe (Germany), 1872 Died: Muralto (Switzerland), 1942


Wittig, Georg Friedrich Karl (1897-1987)

Born: Berlin (Germany), 1897 Died: Heidelberg (Germany), 1987


Ziegler, Karl (1898-1973)

Born: Kassel (Germany), 1898 Died: Mühlheim-Ruhr (Germany), 1973


Zsigmondy, Richard Adolf (1865-1929)

Born: Wien (Austria), 1865 Died: Göttingen (Germany), 1929