Person
Otto Wallach
1847 – 1931 · aged 84
German chemist (1847–1931)
- Born
- 27 Mar 1847 · Königsberg
- Died
- 26 Feb 1931 · Göttingen
Part ofGerman Empire1797 – 1918
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- 27 Mar 1847BornBorn in Königsberg
- 1889AwardCothenius Medal
- 1910AwardHonorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
- 1910AwardNobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1912AwardDavy Medal
- 26 Feb 1931DiedDied in Göttingen
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Major world events during their lifetime (1847 – 1931).
- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
- 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
Biography
Otto Wallach (German pronunciation: [ˈɔto ˈvalax] ; 27 March 1847 – 26 February 1931) was a German chemist and recipient of the 1910 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on alicyclic compounds.
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