Richard Adolf Zsigmondy
1865 – 1929 · aged 64
Austrian chemist (1865-1929)
- Born
- 1 Apr 1865 · Vienna
- Died
- 23 Sept 1929 · Göttingen
Life timeline
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- 1 Apr 1865BornBorn in Vienna
- 1923AwardLaura R. Leonard Prize
- 1925AwardNobel Prize in Chemistry
- 23 Sept 1929DiedDied in Göttingen
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Major world events during their lifetime (1865 – 1929).
- 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
Richard Adolf Zsigmondy (Hungarian: Zsigmondy Richárd Adolf; 1 April 1865 – 23 September 1929) was an Austrian-born chemist. He was known for his research in colloids, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1925, as well as for co-inventing the slit-ultramicroscope, and different membrane filters. The crater Zsigmondy on the Moon is named in his honour.
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