Leopold Ružička
Croatian-Swiss chemist (1887–1976) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Leopold Ružička ForMemRS (Croatian pronunciation: [rǔʒitʃka];[3] born Lavoslav Stjepan Ružička; 13 September 1887 – 26 September 1976)[5] was a Croatian-Swiss scientist and joint winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his work on polymethylenes and higher terpenes"[6][7] "including the first chemical synthesis of male sex hormones."[8] He worked most of his life in Switzerland, and received eight doctorates honoris causa in science, medicine, and law; seven prizes and medals; and twenty-four honorary memberships in chemical, biochemical, and other scientific societies.
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Born | Lavoslav Stjepan Ružička (1887-09-13)13 September 1887[4] |
Died | 26 September 1976(1976-09-26) (aged 89) Mammern, Switzerland |
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Alma mater | Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe |
Known for | Research on Terpenes |
Awards | Marcel Benoist Prize (1938) Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1939) Faraday Lectureship Prize (1958) |
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Fields | Biochemistry |
Institutions | ETH Zurich, Utrecht University |
Thesis | Über Phenylmethylketen (1911) |
Doctoral advisor | Hermann Staudinger |
Doctoral students | George Büchi Duilio Arigoni Arie Jan Haagen-Smit Moses Wolf Goldberg Klaus H. Hofmann George Rosenkranz Cyril A. Grob [de] Edgar Heilbronner Albert Eschenmoser |
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