Hermann Staudinger

Hermann Staudinger, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1881-03-23 in Worms, Germany

Gender: male

Field: German chemist, winner of the 1953 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1881–1965)

Biography

Hermann Staudinger was a German organic chemist who demonstrated the existence of macromolecules, which he characterized as polymers. For this work he received the 1953 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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Nobel Prize Details

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1953

Awarded on: 1953-11-04

"for his discoveries in the field of macromolecular chemistry"

Affiliations:

  • University of Freiburg – Breisgau, Germany
  • Staatliches Institut für makromolekulare Chemie (State Research Institute for Macromolecular Chemistry), Freiburg – Breisgau, Germany
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