Karl Ziegler

Also known as Karl Waldemar Ziegler

German chemist (1898–1973)

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Karl Ziegler was a German chemist who lived from 1898 to 1973 and made important contributions to chemistry during the 20th century. His work was significant enough to be recognized at the highest levels of the scientific community.

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1963
“for their discoveries in the field of the chemistry and technology of high polymers”
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Instance of: human
Given name: Karl
Family name: Ziegler
Gender: male
Citizenship: Germany
Place of birth: Helsa
Place of death: Mülheim an der Ruhr
Occupation: university teacher
Educated at: RWTH Aachen University
Employer: Max Planck Institute for Coal Research
Languages spoken: German
Academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
Doctoral advisor: Karl von Auwers
Field of work: inorganic chemistry
Image: Karl Ziegler Nobel.jpg
Work location: Heidelberg

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member of: Royal Society of Edinburgh
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name in native language: Karl Waldemar Ziegler
date of death: 1973-08-12
Commons category: Karl Ziegler
date of birth: 1898-11-26
nominated for: Nobel Prize in Chemistry
interested in: inorganic chemistry

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Karl Waldemar Ziegler ( German: [kaːʁl ˈvaldəˌmaʁ ˈt͡siːɡlɐ]; 26 November 1898 – 12 August 1973) was a German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1963, with Giulio Natta, for work on polymers. The Nobel Committee recognized his "excellent work on organometallic compounds [which]...led to new polymerization reactions and ... paved the way for new and highly useful industrial processes". He is also known for his work involving free-radicals, many-membered rings, and organometallic compounds, as well as the development of Ziegler–Natta catalyst. One of many awards Ziegler received was the Werner von Siemens Ring in 1960 jointly with Otto Bayer and Walter Reppe, for expanding the scientific knowledge of and the technical development of new synthetic materials.

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