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