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Odd Hassel
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Odd Hassel

1897 – 1981 · aged 84

Norwegian physical chemist and Nobel Laureate (1897–1981)

Born
17 May 1897 · Christiania
Died
11 May 1981 · Oslo
Part ofNorway848 CE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 97 years
  1. 17 May 1897BornBorn in Christiania
  2. 1957AwardCentenary Prize
  3. 1960AwardFridtjof Nansen Award of Excellence, Mathematics-Natural sciences class
  4. 1964AwardGunnerus Medal
  5. 1964AwardThe Norwegian Chemical Society Guldberg-Waage Medal
  6. 1969AwardNobel Prize in Chemistry
  7. 11 May 1981DiedDied in Oslo

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1897 – 1981).

  1. 1898Spanish–American War
  2. 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
  3. 1914 – 1918World War I
  4. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  5. 1917Balfour Declaration
  6. 1917February Revolution
  7. 1917October Revolution
  8. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  9. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  10. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  11. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  12. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  13. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  14. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  15. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  16. 1938Munich Agreement
  17. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  18. 1939 – 1945World War II
  19. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  20. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  21. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  22. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  23. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  24. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  25. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  26. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  28. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  29. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  30. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  31. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  32. 1956Suez Crisis
  33. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  35. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  36. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  37. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  38. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  39. 1968Prague Spring
  40. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing

Biography

Odd Hassel (17 May 1897 – 11 May 1981) was a Norwegian physical chemist and Nobel Laureate. His major focus was on problems related to molecular structure (notably the cyclohexane molecule and its derivatives), and his research helped contribute to the development of the concept of conformation and its application in chemistry.

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