Paul J. Crutzen
1933 – 2021 · aged 88
Dutch climatologist (1933–2021)
- Born
- 3 Dec 1933 · Amsterdam
- Died
- 28 Jan 2021 · Mainz
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 3 Dec 1933BornBorn in Amsterdam
- 1985AwardLeo Szilard Lectureship Award
- 1989AwardTyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
- 1991AwardVolvo Environment Prize
- 1994AwardGerman Environmental Prize
- 1994AwardMax Planck Research Award
- 1995AwardNobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1996AwardCommander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
- 1997AwardHonorary doctorate of University of Burgundy
- 2004AwardFellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- 2005AwardHonorary doctorate from Joseph Fourier University
- 2006AwardForeign Member of the Royal Society
- 2010AwardHonorary doctor of Ca' Foscari University of Venice
- 28 Jan 2021DiedDied in Mainz
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1933 – 2021).
- 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
- 19501950 FIFA World Cup
- 1950 – 1953Korean War
- 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
- 19541954 FIFA World Cup
- 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
- 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 1956Suez Crisis
- 19581958 FIFA World Cup
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
Biography
Paul Jozef Crutzen (Dutch pronunciation: [pʌul ˈjoːzəf ˈkrʏtsə(n)]; 3 December 1933 – 28 January 2021) was a Dutch meteorologist and atmospheric chemist. In 1995, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry alongside Mario Molina and Frank Sherwood Rowland for their work on atmospheric chemistry and specifically for his efforts in studying the formation and decomposition of atmospheric ozone. In addition to studying the ozone layer and climate change, he popularized the term Anthropocene to describe a proposed new epoch in the Quaternary period when human actions have a drastic effect on the Earth. He was also amongst the first few scientists to introduce the idea of a nuclear winter to describe the potential climatic effects stemming from large-scale atmospheric pollution including smoke from forest fires, industrial exhausts, and other sources like oil fires.
He was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and an elected foreign member of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom.
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