Kurt Alder
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1950.
Born: 10, Jul, 1902, Königshütte (now Chorzów), Prussia (now Poland)
Died: 20, Jun, 1958, Cologne, West Germany (now Germany)
Prize motivation: "for their discovery and development of the diene synthesis"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Cologne University, Cologne, Germany
Prize share: 1/2