Finnish chemist discovered the first rare-earth compounds

165th Anniversary: Death of Johan Gadolin

50th Anniversary: Death of Richard Kuhn
Chemistry Nobel Laureate in 1938 for his work on carotenoids and vitamins

150th Birthday: Daniel Vorländer
German chemist and liquid crystal pioneer

125th Anniversary: Death of August Wilhelm von Hofmann
Eminent organic chemist and first President of the German Chemical Society

100th Birthday: Ines Mandl
Eminent female biochemist discovered collagenase

100th Birthday: John Kendrew
Nobel Laureate discovered the structure of myoglobin

100th Birthday: Herbert A. Hauptman
Chemistry Nobel Laureate laid the mathematical groundwork for solving crystal structures

225th Birthday: Johan August Arfwedson
Swedish chemist and discoverer of lithium

150th Birthday: Alfred Werner
Coordination chemistry pioneer and Nobel Laureate

50th Anniversary: Death of Peter Debye
Physical chemist and Nobel Laureate known for his work on dipole moments