Coordination chemistry pioneer and Nobel Laureate
150th Birthday: Alfred Werner
50th Anniversary: Death of Peter Debye
Physical chemist and Nobel Laureate known for his work on dipole moments
150th Birthday: Samuel Eyde
Norwegian engineer and industrialist co-developed Birkeland–Eyde process for the fixation of nitrogen
150th Birthday: William Lash Miller
Eminent Canadian physical chemist and leading proponent of Gibbs' thermodynamics in North America
200th Birthday: Charles Frédéric Gerhardt
Organist chemist developed the concept of homologous series
100th Anniversary: Death of Sir William Ramsay
Discoverer of noble gases and Chemistry Nobel Laureate
100th Birthday: Francis Crick
Nobel Laureate best known for co-discovering the structure of DNA
100th Anniversary: Death of Adolph Frank
German chemist recognized the potential of potash for fertilizer production
100th Birthday: Pehr Victor Edman
Inventor of breakthrough method for sequencing proteins
100th Birthday: Christian B. Anfinsen
Distinguished biochemist explored important aspects of protein folding