Leopold Ružička

Leopold Ružička was a Croatian-Swiss scientist and joint 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 doctorates honoris causa in science,…

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Who was born first?

• Leopold Ružička and Charles Galton Darwin were born the same year
• Leopold Ružička and James Batcheller Sumner were born the same year
• Leopold Ružička and Hedwig Kohn were born the same year
• Leopold Ružička and Edward Andrade were born the same year
• Leopold Ružička and Karl Taylor Compton were born the same year

Timeline

1. Charles Galton DarwinDecember 18, 1887 – December 31, 1962
2. Edward AndradeDecember 27, 1887 – June 6, 1971
3. Hedwig KohnApril 5, 1887 – March 26, 1964
4. James Batcheller SumnerNovember 19, 1887 – August 12, 1955
5. Karl Taylor ComptonSeptember 14, 1887 – June 22, 1954
6. Leopold Ružička (this page)September 13, 1887 – September 26, 1976

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• Erwin SchrödingerAugust 12, 1887 – January 4, 1961
• Wilhelm RöntgenMarch 27, 1845 – February 10, 1923
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