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Leopold Ruzicka
Leopold Ružička is a Croatian-Swiss scientist and winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his work on polymethylenes and higher terpenes" "including the first chemical synthesis of male sex hormones." He worked most of his life in Switzerland and received eight honorary doctorate titles in science, medicine and law; seven awards and medals; and twenty honorary memberships to chemical, biochemical and other scientific associations.
BornLavoslav Stjepan Ružička, September 13, 1887, Vukovar, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary (present-day Croatia)
DiedSeptember 26, 1976, Mammern, Switzerland
CitizenshipHungarian-Croatian (1887–1917), Switzerland (1917–1976)
FieldsBiochemistry
InstitutionsETH Zurich, Utrecht University
Alma materTechnische Hochschule Karlsruhe
ThesisÜber Phenylmethylketen (1911)
Doctoral studentsGeorge Büchi, Duilio Arigoni, Arie Jan Haagen-Smit, Moses Wolf Goldberg, Klaus H. Hofmann, George Rosenkranz, Cyril Grob, Edgar Heilbronner, Albert Eschenmoser
Known forTerpenes
Notable awardsMarcel Benoist Prize (1938), Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1939), Faraday Lectureship Prize (1958)

About Leopold Ruzicka

Chemist Leopold Ruzicka was born in Croatia on September 13, 1887. He dies at the age of 89, on September 26, 1976.

For his work on polymethylenes, a Croatian chemist earned the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1939. After successfully synthesizing sex hormones, his laboratory became the world's hub of organic chemistry.

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Leopold Ruzicka before becoming famous

Leopold Ruzicka was born in the Zodiac sign Virgo (The Maiden), and 1887 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Pig (豬).

In Zurich, he worked as Hermann Staudinger's assistant.

Achievement of Leopold Ruzicka

During World War II, he worked under Vladimir Prelog, who earned the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1975.

Leopold Ruzicka's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

In 1912, he married Anna Hausmann, his first wife.

Leopold Ruzicka Collabed with

Chemist Fritz Haber, a fellow Nobel laureate, was one of his instructors at Germany's High Technical School.

Leopold Ruzicka Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Leopold Ruzicka updated on March 10 2023.