AKA Richard Adolf Zsigmondy

Born: 1-Apr-1865
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: 23-Sep-1929
Location of death: Göttingen, Germany
Cause of death: unspecified

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

Nationality: Germany
Executive summary: Researcher of colloids

Father: Adolf Zsigmond, Sr. (dentist)
Mother: Irma von Szakmary
Wife: Laura Luise Müller (m. 1903)
Daughter: Annemarie
Daughter: Käthe

    University: Technische Hochshule, Vienna
    University: PhD, University of Munich (1889)
    Teacher: Lecturer, Technische Hochschule, Graz
    Professor: Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, University of Göttingen (1908-29)

    Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1925
    Lunar Crater Zsigmondy (59.7 N, 104.7 W)
    Hungarian Ancestry

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