Hermann Staudinger
March 23, 1881 –September 8, 1965
Chemist, Engineer, University teacher, Organic chemist, Polymer chemist
Lived 84 years
- Born in
- Worms
- Passed away in
- Freiburg im Breisgau
Hermann Staudinger (German: [ˈhɛʁman ˈʃtaʊ̯dɪŋɐ] ; 23 March 1881 – 8 September 1965) was a German organic chemist who demonstrated the existence of macromolecules, which he characterized as polymers. For this work he received the 1953 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
He is also known for his discovery of ketenes and of the Staudinger reaction. Staudinger, together with Leopold Ružička, also elucidated the molecular structures of pyrethrin I and II in the 1920s, enabling the development of pyrethroid insecticides in the 1960s and 1970s.
Awards: Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Emil Fischer Medal, Fresenius Prize, Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, honorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg, honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), honorary citizen of Freiburg im Breisgau Education: Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, ETH Zurich
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