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Robert B. Woodward

Robert B. Woodward was a prominent 20th-century chemist specializing in organic synthesis. His meticulous approach to el...

Organic Synthesis Harvard Nobel

9.7 Brilliant

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Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin

Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin was a British chemist renowned for her groundbreaking work utilizing X-ray crystallography to r...

Structural Crystallography Biochemistry Nobel

9.6 Brilliant

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K. Barry Sharpless

K. Barry Sharpless is a renowned organic chemist recognized for his pioneering development of “click chemistry.” His res...

Organic Asymmetric Nobel Click Chemistry

9.6 Brilliant

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Jennifer A. Doudna

Jennifer A. Doudna is a chemist specializing in biochemistry and genome editing. Her research led to the development of...

Biochemistry Crispr Berkeley Nobel

9.5 Brilliant

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Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff was a Dutch chemist influential in physical chemistry during the early 20th century. His wo...

Thermodynamics Physical Chemistry Nobel Stereochemistry

9.4 Excellent

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Victor Grignard

Victor Grignard was a French chemist whose work fundamentally changed organic chemistry. He developed Grignard reagents,...

Synthesis Organic Chemistry Nobel Early 1900S

9.1 Excellent

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Paul Sabatier

Paul Sabatier was a prominent French chemist active in the early 20th century. His research centered on catalysis, speci...

Physical Chemistry Catalysis Nobel Early 1900S

8.9 Great

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Adolf von Baeyer

Adolf von Baeyer (1835-1917) was a prominent German chemist whose research significantly advanced the field of organic c...

Indigo Organic Chemistry Nobel Early 1900S

8.8 Great

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George de Hevesy

George de Hevesy (1884-1966) was a chemist renowned for his innovative use of isotopes as tracers. His meticulous experi...

1940S Isotopes Nobel Radiochemistry

8.8 Great

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Eduard Buchner

Eduard Buchner was a German chemist whose research fundamentally shifted biochemical understanding. He proved that alcoh...

Fermentation Biochemistry Nobel Enzymes

8.7 Great

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Henri Moissan

Henri Moissan was a late 19th and early 20th-century French chemist recognized for his pioneering work in inorganic chem...

Nobel Early 1900S Inorganic Chemistry Fluorine

8.6 Great

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Archer John Porter Martin

Archer John Porter Martin (1910-2002) was a prominent British chemist specializing in analytical chemistry and separatio...

1950S Nobel Analytical Chemistry Chromatography

8.5 Great

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Theodor Svedberg

Theodor Svedberg was a prominent Swedish chemist active primarily in the early 20th century. He is recognized for pionee...

Physical Chemistry Nobel Early 1900S Colloids

8.3 Great

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Otto Wallach

Otto Wallach was a prominent chemist specializing in organic chemistry during the early 20th century. He is recognized f...

Organic Chemistry Nobel Early 1900S Terpenes

8.1 Great

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Adolf Windaus

Adolf Windaus (1876-1952) was a German chemist recognized globally for pioneering work in organic chemistry, particularl...

Organic Chemistry Vitamins Nobel Early 1900S

8.0 Great

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Heinrich Otto Wieland

Heinrich Otto Wieland (1867-1955) was a German chemist who pioneered steroid chemistry, isolating and characterizing key...

Organic Chemistry Nobel Early 1900S Bile Acids

7.9 Good

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Fritz Pregl

Fritz Pregl (1869–1930) was an Austrian chemist and physician whose work revolutionized analytical chemistry. He develop...

Organic Nobel Early 1900S Analytical Chemistry

7.8 Good

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Richard Adolf Zsigmondy

Richard Adolf Zsigmondy (1865-1929) was an Austrian physical chemist who developed the ultramicroscope, enabling the vis...

Materials Nobel Early 1900S Colloid Chemistry

7.8 Good

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Arthur Harden

Arthur Harden was a British biochemist who shared the 1929 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Hans von Euler-Chelpin for thei...

Fermentation Biochemistry Nobel Enzymes

7.8 Good

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Hans von Euler-Chelpin

Hans von Euler-Chelpin (1873-1964) was a German-born Swedish biochemist who spent most of his career at Stockholm Univer...

Fermentation Biochemistry Nobel Enzymes

7.4 Good