Biography Nobel Prize Winner: Werner, Alfred. (Zurich University, Zurich, Switzerland). Awarded the Nobel prize for chemistry in 1913 in recognition of his work on the linkage of atoms in molecules by which he has thrown new light on earlier investigations and opened up new fields of research especially in inorganic chemistry
Biography Nobel Prize Winner: Sabatier, Paul. (Toulouse University, Toulouse, France). Awarded the Nobel prize for chemistry in 1912 for his method of hydrogenating organic compounds in the presence of finely disintegrated metals whereby the progress of organic chemistry has been greatly advanced in recent years
Biography Nobel Prize Winner: Grignard, Victor. (Nancy University, Nancy, France). Awarded the Nobel prize for chemistry in 1912 for the discovery of the so-called Grignard reagent, which in recent years has greatly advanced the progress of organic chemistry
Biography Nobel Prize Winner: Curie, Marie. (Sorbonne University, Paris, France). Awarded the Nobel prize for chemistry in 1911 in recognition of her services to the advancement of chemistry by the discovery of the elements radium and polonium, by the isolation of radium and the study of the nature and compounds of this remarkable element
Biography Nobel Prize Winner: Wallach, Otto. (Goettingen University, Goettingen, Germany). Awarded the Nobel prize for chemistry in 1910 in recognition of his services to organic chemistry and the chemical industry by his pioneer work in the field of alicyclic compounds
Biography Nobel Prize Winner: Ostwald, Wilhelm. (Leipzig University, Leipzig, German). Awarded the Nobel prize for chemistry in 1909 in recognition of his work on catalysis and for his investigations into the fundamental principles governing chemical equilibria and rates of reaction
Biography Nobel Prize Winner: Rutherford, Lord Ernest. (Victoria University, Manchester, Great Britain). Awarded the Nobel prize for chemistry in 1908 for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances
Biography Nobel Prize Winner: Buchner, Eduard. (Landwirtschaftliche Hochschule (Agricultural College) Berlin, Germany). Awarded the Nobel prize for chemistry in 1907 for his biochemical researches and his discovery of cell-free fermentation
Biography Nobel Prize Winner: Moissan, Henri. (Sorbonne University, Paris, France). Awarded the Nobel prize for chemistry in 1907 in recognition of the great services rendered by him in his investigation and isolation of the element fluorine, and for the adoption in the service of science of the electric furnace called after him
Biography Nobel Prize Winner: von Baeyer, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf. (Munich University, Munich, Germany). Awarded the Nobel prize for chemistry in 1905 in recognition of his services in the advancement of organic chemistry and the chemical industry, through his work on organic dyes and hydroaromatic compounds