Nobel laureate: Wilhelm Ostwald
Born: 1853-09-02, Riga, Russian Empire (now Latvia)
Died: 1932-04-04, Leipzig, Germany
Gender: male
Prizes:
year: 1909
category: chemistry
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motivation: "in recognition of his work on catalysis and for his investigations into the fundamental principles governing chemical equilibria and rates of reaction"
affiliations: name: Leipzig University
city: Leipzig
country: Germany