Born: 13-Aug-1872
Birthplace: Karlsruhe, Germany
Died: 3-Aug-1942
Location of death: Locarno, Switzerland
Cause of death: Heart Failure

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Chemist

Nationality: Germany
Executive summary: Invented chromatography

Wife: Sophie Leser (one son, one daughter)
Son: Ludwig
Daughter: Ida Margarete

    University: PhD, University of Munich (1894)
    Professor: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich (1905-)
    Professor: Chemistry, University of Berlin
    Professor: University of Munich (1916-24)

    Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1915
    Davy Medal 1932

Author of books:
Aus meinem Leben (1949, memoir)

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