Carl Bosch
1874 – 1940 · aged 66
German chemical engineer (1874–1940)
- Born
- 27 Aug 1874 · Cologne
- Died
- 26 Apr 1940 · Heidelberg
Life timeline
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- 27 Aug 1874BornBorn in Cologne
- 1918AwardBunsen Medal
- 1919AwardLiebig Medal
- 1924AwardWerner von Siemens Ring
- 1930AwardGrashof Commemorative Medal
- 1931AwardNobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1932AwardWilhelm Exner Medal
- 1939AwardGoethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt
- 26 Apr 1940DiedDied in Heidelberg
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Major world events during their lifetime (1874 – 1940).
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
- 1914 – 1918World War I
- 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
- 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
- 1920Treaty of Versailles
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1939 – 1945World War II
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
Biography
Carl Bosch (German pronunciation: [kaʁl ˈbɔʃ] ; 27 August 1874 – 26 April 1940) was a German chemist and engineer and Nobel Laureate in Chemistry. He was a pioneer in the field of high-pressure industrial chemistry and founder of IG Farben, at one point the world's largest chemical company.
He also developed the Haber–Bosch process, important for the large-scale synthesis of fertilizers and explosives. It is estimated that one-third of annual global food production uses ammonia from the Haber–Bosch process, and that this supports nearly half of the world's population. In addition, he co-developed the so-called Bosch-Meiser process for the industrial production of urea.
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