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Friedrich Wöhler (1800–1882), German chemist, best known for his synthesis of urea; William Hyde Wollaston (1766–1828), English chemist, discovered the elements palladium and rhodium; Robert B. Woodward (1917–1979), American chemist, 1965 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Charles de Worms (1903–1979), English chemist and lepidopterist
Glenn T. Seaborg was an American nuclear chemist best known for his work on isolating and identifying transuranium elements (those heavier than uranium). He shared the 1951 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with Edwin Mattison McMillan for their independent discoveries of transuranium elements.
An image from John Dalton's A New System of Chemical Philosophy, the first modern explanation of atomic theory.. This timeline of chemistry lists important works, discoveries, ideas, inventions, and experiments that significantly changed humanity's understanding of the modern science known as chemistry, defined as the scientific study of the composition of matter and of its interactions.
The links in this column are to articles (or sections of articles) on the history and areas of chemistry for which the awards were presented. The links are intended only as a guide and explanation. For a full account of the work done by each Nobel laureate, please see the biography articles linked from the name column.
The best description of benzene had been made by the German chemist Friedrich Kekulé. He had treated it as a rapid interconversion between two structures, each with alternating single and double bonds, but with the double bonds of one structure in the locations where the single bonds were in the other. Pauling showed that a proper description ...
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Swedish: Nobelpriset i kemi) 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, physics, literature, peace, and physiology or medicine.
Academic genealogy of chemists; List of people considered father or mother of a scientific field; List of the 72 names on the Eiffel Tower; Apostles of Linnaeus; List of Arab scientists and scholars; List of modern Arab scientists and engineers; List of archaeologists; Astronomer Royal; List of astronomers; List of French astronomers
John Maxson Stillman (1852-1923) was a pioneer of the history of science in the United States. [1] He was also the first head of the chemistry department at Stanford University , [ 2 ] as well as its first Chemistry Professor. [ 3 ]