Pioneer of valence theory known for Abegg's rule, a precursor to the octet rule
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150th Birthday: Richard Abegg
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200th Birthday: James Prescott Joule
English physicist made important breakthroughs in thermodynamics—without a university education
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100th Birthday: Ernst Otto Fischer
Nobel Laureate co-discovered the structure of ferrocene
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50th Anniversary: Death of Lise Meitner
Co-discoverer of nuclear fission
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100th Birthday: Sir Derek Barton
British Chemistry Nobel Laureate pioneered conformational analysis
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150th Anniversary: Death of Christian Friedrich Schönbein
German-Swiss chemist discovered guncotton and ozone and co-invented the fuel cell
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Fellows Program
ChemPubSoc Europe luminaries at the 7th EuCheMS Chemistry Congress Sixteen continental European chemical societies created the ChemPubSoc Europe Fellows Program in 2015 to honor researchers who have...
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50th Anniversary: Death of Otto Hahn
Chemistry Nobel Laureate for the discovery of nuclear fission
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100th Birthday: Jerome Karle
Chemistry Nobel Laureate co-developed the theoretical basis for solving crystal structures
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100th Anniversary: Death of Alexander Mitscherlich
German chemist was one of the inventors of the sulfite process for the production of cellulose