Friedrich Bergius
1884 – 1949 · aged 65
German chemist (1884–1949)
- Born
- 11 Oct 1884 · Złotniki
- Died
- 30 Mar 1949 · Buenos Aires
Life timeline
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- 11 Oct 1884BornBorn in Złotniki
- 1927AwardHonorary doctor of the Heidelberg University
- 1928AwardLiebig Medal
- 1931AwardHonorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
- 1931AwardNobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1934AwardMelchett Medal
- 1937AwardWilhelm Exner Medal
- 30 Mar 1949DiedDied in Buenos Aires
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Major world events during their lifetime (1884 – 1949).
- 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
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
- 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
Biography
Friedrich Karl Rudolf Bergius (German pronunciation: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈbɛʁɡi̯ʊs] , 11 October 1884 – 30 March 1949) was a German chemist known for the Bergius process for producing synthetic fuel from coal, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1931, together with Carl Bosch) in recognition of contributions to the invention and development of chemical high-pressure methods. Having worked with IG Farben during World War II, his citizenship came into question following the war, causing him to ultimately flee to Argentina, where he acted as adviser to the Ministry of Industry.
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