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1999 "Glen Seaborg, Ph.D", chemist, won a Nobel for discovering plutonium and other elements, dies at 86

1996 Geoffrey Wilkinson, chemist, dies at 75

1996 Richard Maling Barrer, chemist, dies at 86

1996 Tadeusz Reichstein, Polish/Swiss chemist (Nobel 1950), dies at 99

1996 Vic Marshall, chemist, dies at 74

1996 Julian Hill, research chemist, dies at 91

1996 Alexander Robertus, organic chemist, dies at 88

1995 Manfred Donike, chemist Drug Test pioneer, dies at 61

1994 Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin, chemist (B-12, Nobel 1964), dies at 78

1991 Edwin M McMillan, U.S., chemist (neptunium, plutonium, Nobel 1951), dies

1987 Primo Levi, Italy, chemist/writer (Survival in Auschwitz), dies at 67

1982 Robert H G Havemann, German chemist/dissident, dies

1981 Harold C Urey, U.S. chemist (Deuterium, Nobel 1934), dies at 87

1976 Michael Polany, Hungarians/English chemist/sociologist, dies at 84

1972 Kornelis Posthumus, chemist, dies at 70

1971 Donald Dexter Van Slyke, U.S. chemist (Cyanosis), dies at 88

1970 Christopher K Ingold, English chemist, dies at 77

1968 Otto Hahn, German physicist/chemist (Nobel 1944), dies at 89

1967 Richard Kuhn, German chemist, dies

1965 Paul H Muller, Swiss chemist (DDT-Nobel 1948), dies at 66

1962 Hermann Standiger, German chemist (Nobel 1953), dies at 84

1958 Niels Bjerrum, Danish chemist (ph-stipulation), dies at 79

1958 Friedrich Adolf Paneth, Austrian/British chemist, dies at 71

1958 Kurt Alder, German chemist (Nobel 1950), dies

1957 Heinrich O Wieland, German chemist (Nobel 1927), dies at 80

1957 Mark Aldanov, [Mark A Landau], Russian/French chemist, dies at 70

1953 Colin G Fink, U.S. chemist (electro-chemistry), dies

1952 Vladimir N Ipatiev, Russian/US chemist, dies at 85

1949 Andre Debierne, French chemist/physicist (actinium), dies

1949 Friedrich C R Bergius, chemist (brown coal, Nobel 1931), dies at 64

1947 Ernst Laqueur, Dut chemist/psychologist (sexual hormones), dies at 67

1944 Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakeliet), dies at 80

1942 Dick K J Tommel, chemist/, D66, Dutch Asst Secretary of State, 1994-

1941 Walter H Nernst, German chemist (Nobel Prize 1920), dies at 77

1940 Carl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, IG Farben, Nobel 1931), dies at 65

1939 Wilhelm Normann, German chemist (harden van olien), dies

1935 Robin Clark, chemist, FRS

1934 "Madame" Marie Curie-Sklodovska, Polish/French chemist, dies

1934 Ad G J Lansink, chemist/Dutch 2nd Chamber member, CDA

1934 Fritz Haber, German chemist (Nobel 1918), dies at 65

1933 Manfred Donike, chemist drug test pioneer

1932 Wilhelm Ostwald, physical chemist (Nobel 1909), dies

1931 Otto Wallach, German chemist (Nobel 1910), dies at 83

1929 Richard A Zsigmondy, Austria chemist (Nobel 1925), dies at 64

1929 John Polanyi, Berlin, Canadian chemist, Nobel 1986

1928 James D. Watson, chemist, co-discovered structure of DNA

1928 Theodore Richards, U.S. chemist (atomic weight, Nobel 1914), dies

1927 Svante August Arrhenius, chemist, dies

1927 Manfred Eigen, German physicist/chemist, Nobel 1967

1925 James Saunders, English chemist/playwright, Ark

1923 Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist, dies

1921 Vic Marshall, chemist

1921 Geoffrey Wilkinson, chemist

1919 Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist (Nobel 1913), dies

1919 Primo Levi, Italy, chemist/writer, Survival in Aushchwitz

1919 William Crookes, English chemist/physicist (Crookes-pipe), dies at 86

1918 Ernst Fischer, German chemist, Nobel 1973

1918 Derek Barton, British chemist, Nobel 1969

1917 JFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies

1917 James Mason Crafts, U.S. chemist, dies at 78

1917 Robert Burns Woodward, organic chemist, Nobel 1965

1916 William Ramsey, chemist, dies

1916 Christian B. Anfinsen, U.S. chemist, cell physiology, Nobel 1972

1915 Henry Taube, chemist, Nobel 1983

1914 Joseph Wilson Swan, physicist/chemist, dies

1914 Edward George Edwards, chemist

1912 Glen T. Seaborg, U.S. chemist, AEC, plutonium, Nobel 1951

1911 Melvin Calvin, U.S. chemist, photosynthesis, Nobel 1961

1911 Jacob M van Bemmelen, Dutch physicist/chemist, dies at 80

1911 Jacobus H van 't Hoff, Dutch chemist/physicist (Nobel 1901), dies at 58

1910 Richard Maling Barrer, chemist

1910 Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin, British chemist, penicillin/B12/Nobel 1964

1910 Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist, dies at 85

1910 Robert H. G. Havemann, German chemist

1909 Richard A C E Erlenmeyer, German chemist, dies at 83

1908 Ernst B Chain, German chemist/bacteriologist, penicillin, Nobel 1945

1907 Alexander Robertus, organic chemist

1907 Lord Todd, chemist

1907 Maurice Stacey, chemist

1907 [Ferdinand-Frederic-]Henri Moissan, chemist (Nobel 1906), dies at 54

1907 Hendrik W. Bakhuis Roozeboom, chemist (fasenleer), dies at 52

1907 Dmitri I Mendelejev, Russian chemist (Periodic Table), dies at 72

1907 Derek Richter, British neuro chemist, Aspects of learning and memory

1906 Hazel Bishop, chemist/cosmetics manufacturer

1906 Pierre Curie, French physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903), dies

1906 Albert Hofmann, Switzerland, chemist, discovered LSD

1904 Julian Hill, research chemist

1902 Frederick A Able, English chemist/inventor (cordiet), dies at 75

1902 Kurt Alder, German chemist, Nobel 1950

1902 Kornelis Posthumus, Dutch chemist

1902 John Glover, English chemist (production sulfuric acid), dies at 85

1901 Francois M Raoult, Fren physicist/chemist (Law of Raoult), dies at 70

1901 Linus Pauling, chemist/peace worker, Nobel 1954, 1962

1901 Henry Eyring, Mexican/US chemist

1899 Percy L. Julian, chemist, drugs for treatment of arthritis

1899 James B. Connant, chemist/college president, Yale

1899 Paul H Muller, Swiss chemist, DDT-Nobel 1948

1898 William Thomas Astbury, English physicist/chemist, textiles

1897 Ronald G. W. Norrish, British chemist, Nobel 1967

1897 Tadeusz Reichstein, Swiss chemist, Nobel 1950

1896 Robert Mulliken, U.S., chemist/physicist, Nobel 1966

1894 Isaac M Kolthoff, chemist, Massenanalyse

1893 Christopher K Ingold, English chemist

1892 Archibald Scott, Scottish chemist, dies at 60

1892 Hermann Kopp, German chemist (Law of Kopp), dies at 74

1891 Fritz Feigl, Austria, chemist, spot tests

1891 Michael Polany, Hungarian and English,chemist, economist and sociologist

1890 Robert Ley, German chemist/MP, NSDAP

1889 Warren De La Rue, astronomer/chemist, dies

1888 Charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet, dies at 45

1887 Friedrich A. Paneth, Austrian/British chemist

1886 Mark Aldanov, [Landau], Russian/French chemist/writer

1886 Mark Aldanov, [Landau], Russian/French chemist, Myslitel,

1886 Chemist John Pemberton begins to advertise for Coca-Coke

1886 Edward Kendall, chemist, isolated cortisone, Nobel 1950

1885 Thomas Andrews, Irish physicist/chemist (ozone), dies at 71

1885 Hermann von Fehling, German chemist (Fehling's reagens), dies at 73

1884 Friedrich C R Bergius, German chemist, benzine from brown coal, Nobel

1884 Theodor Svedberg, Sweden, chemist, worked with colloids, Nobel 1926

1884 Peter Debye, Holland, physical chemist, Nobel 1936

1883 Donald Dexter Van Slyke, U.S. chemist, Micromanometric analysis

1881 Colin G Fink, U.S. chemist, electro chemistry

1881 Hermann Staudinger, Germany, chemist/plastics researcher, Nobel '53

1880 Ernst Laqueur, chemist/pharmacology/psychology, sexual hormones

1879 Niels Bjerrum, Danish chemist, ph tests

1879 Otto Hahn, German physicist/chemist, Nobel 44, radiothorium/actinium

1879 Johannes Bronsted, Danish physical chemist, acid-base reactions

1878 Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67

1877 Heinrich Wieland, German chemist, bile acids-Nobel 1927

1874 Karl Bosch, German chemist, BASF, Nobel 1931

1874 Andre Debierne, French chemist/physicist, Actinium

1873 Justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist, dies at 69

1870 Wilhelm Normann, German chemist, hardening of oils

1869 Ernst J. Cohen, Dutch chemist

1868 Christian Schonbein, German chemist, dies at about 69

1868 Theodore William Richards, chemist, atomic weights, Nobel-1914

1867 Vladimir N Ipatiev, Russian chemist

1866 Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist, Nobel 1913

1865 Richard Zsigmondy, born in Germany, chemist, Nobel-1925

1864 Walther Hermann Nernst, Prussian physicist/chemist, Nobel 1920

1863 Arthur D Little, U.S., chemist, patented rayon

1863 Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist, bakelite

1861 Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist

1860 Johannis J van Laar, Dutch chemist, thermodynamics

1859 Svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist, Nobel 1903

1854 Hendrik W. Bakhuis Roozeboom, chemist, Heterogenen Gleichgewichte

1853 Wilhelm Ostwald, Germany, physical chemist, Nobel 1909

1853 Auguste Laurent, chemist, dies

1852 William Ramsay, chemist

1852 [Ferdinand-Frederic-]Henri Moissan, Paris, France, chemist, Nobel 1906

1852 Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Neth, physical chemist, Nobel 1901

1852 Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92

1850 Louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac, chemist/physicist, dies

1850 William Prout, physician/chemist, dies

1848 Freiherr Jons J Berzelius, Swedish chemist (atomic weight), dies at 68

1847 Otto Wallach, Germany, chemist, Nobel 1910

1845 Nicholas T the Saussure, Swiss chemist/botany, dies at 77

1844 John Dalton, Engl physicist/chemist (molecular theorist), dies at 77

1842 Ellen Henrietta Richards, U.S., chemist, Amer Home Eco Assn-1st Pres

1842 Charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet, Le Hareng Saur

1842 James Dewar, Scottish chemist/physicist, Dewarfles/cordiet

1841 Sibrand Acker Stratingh, Dutch dr/chemist (electrical car), dies at 53

1839 James Mason Crafts, U.S. chemist, Friedel-Crafts-synthesis

1839 Josiah Willard Gibbs, theoretical physicist/chemist

1837 Martinus van Marum, chemist/physicist (giant salamander), dies at 87

1835 J. F. W. Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist, Nobel 1905

1834 Dmitri I Mendelejev, Russian chemist, Periodic Table

1834 Dmitri Mendeleev, chemist, discovered periodic table of the elements

1832 Jean-A-C Chaptal, French chemist/Internal minister, dies

1832 William Crookes, English chemist/physicist, Crookes-pipe, thallium

1831 Archibald Scott, Scottish chemist

1830 Jacob M van Bemmelen, Dutch physicist/chemist

1830 Francois M Raoult, French physicist/chemist, law of Raoult

1827 Frederick A. Able, English chemist/inventor, cordiet

1827 English chemist John Walker invents wooden matches

1826 Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist, Reaction of Cannizzaro

1825 Richard ACE Erlenmeyer, German chemist, Erlenemyer kolf

1821 Franz K Achard, German physicist/chemist, dies at 67

1817 Hermann Kopp, German chemist, Jahresbericht of Chemistry

1817 John Glover, English chemist, sulfuric acid

1817 Martin H Klaproth, Germany, chemist

1817 Martin H Klaproth, German chemist (uranium), dies at 73

1813 Thomas Andrews, Belfast Ireland, chemist/physicist, ozone

1812 Hermann von Fehling, German chemist, Fehling's reagens

1811 Robert Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen, Germany, chemist, Bunsen Burner

1810 Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist

1810 Henry Cavendish, physicist/chemist, dies

1804 Joseph Priestley, Engl/US theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at 70

1803 Justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist, agricultural chemics

1802 Jean-Baptiste JD Boussingault, French chemist

1799 Joseph Black, Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at 71

1795 Friedlieb F Runge, German chemist, Chinoline

1794 Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, chemist (identified oxygen), guillotined

1786 Carl W.Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist, dies at 43

1785 Sibrand Acker Stratingh, Dutch physician and chemist, electric car 1835

1779 Freiherr Jons J Berzelius, Swedish chemist, atomic weight

1778 Hunphry Davy, English chemist, discovered some elements

1777 Hans Christian Oersted, Den, physicist/chemist, View of Chemical Law

1771 E I Du Pont, France, chemist/scientist, Du Pont

1763 Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist, discovered chromium, beryllium

1760 Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, discovered yttrium

1750 Martinus van Marum, Dutch chemist/physicist, Homo Diluvii Testus

1743 Martin H Klaproth, German chemist, uranium

1742 Carl W. Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist, lemon acid

1731 Henry Cavendish, England, physicist/chemist, discovered hydrogen

1728 Joseph Zwart, Scottish chemist/physicist

1682 Rupert, prince of Palts/adm/chemist/engraver/mathematician, dies at 62

1633 Cornelis Drebbel, physicist/chemist/inventor (submarine), dies

1627 Robert Boyle, Ireld, physicist/chemist/author, experiments with color

1619 Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician

1580 Jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, found boiling pt temp



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