Born: 2-Sep-1853
Birthplace: Riga, Latvia
Died: 4-Apr-1932
Location of death: Leipzig, Germany
Cause of death: unspecified

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

Nationality: Germany
Executive summary: Physical chemist, investigated catalysis

Father: Gottfried Wilhelm Ostwald
Mother: Elisabeth Leuckel

    University: PhD, University of Dorpat, Tartu, Estonia (1878)
    Professor: University of Dorpat (1875-81)
    Professor: Riga Polytechnicum (1881-87)
    Professor: University of Leipzig (1887-1906)

    Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1909

Author of books:
Lehrbuch der allgemeinen Chemie (1885-87, chemistry, 2 vols.)
Grosse Männer (1909)

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