Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureates of the 1930s
The top 3 according to 94 votes from people: Hans Fischer · Friedrich Bergius · Irène Joliot-Curie. (Updated Jan 4, 2020.)
Every Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate between 1930 and 1939, with the year and the Nobel Foundation's official citation. Which discovery do you think mattered most?
Top 13
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Hans Fischer
1930. For his researches into the constitution of haemin and chlorophyll and especially for his synthesis of haemin.
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Friedrich Bergius
1931. In recognition of their contributions to the invention and development of chemical high pressure methods.
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Irène Joliot-Curie
1935. In recognition of their synthesis of new radioactive elements.
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Irving Langmuir
1932. For his discoveries and investigations in surface chemistry.
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Carl Bosch
1931. In recognition of their contributions to the invention and development of chemical high pressure methods.
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Richard Kuhn
1938. For his work on carotenoids and vitamins.
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Walter Norman Haworth
1937. For his investigations on carbohydrates and vitamin C.
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Harold Clayton Urey
1934. For his discovery of heavy hydrogen.
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Peter Debye
1936. For his contributions to our knowledge of molecular structure through his investigations on dipole moments and on the diffraction of X-rays and electrons in gases.
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Leopold Ružička
1939. For his work on polymethylenes and higher terpenes.
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Frédéric Joliot
1935. In recognition of their synthesis of new radioactive elements.
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Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt
1939. For his work on sex hormones.
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Paul Karrer
1937. For his investigations on carotenoids, flavins and vitamins A and B2.
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Comments (4)
Carl Bosch, the Haber-Bosch process fed the world.
Irène Joliot-Curie following her mother, amazing family.
Urey discovered deuterium.
Irène Joliot-Curie, Nobel like her mother.