Leopold Ružička
Leopold Ružička | |
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Ružićka in 1935 | |
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| Born | Lavoslav Stjepan Ružička 13 September 1887 |
| Died | 26 September 1976 (aged 89) Mammern, Switzerland |
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| Alma mater | Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe |
| Known for | Research on terpenes Synthesis of testosterone Ružička reaction |
| Awards | Marcel Benoist Prize (1938) Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1939) ForMemRS (1942) Faraday Lectureship Prize (1958) |
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| Fields | Biochemistry |
| Institutions | ETH Zurich, Utrecht University |
| Thesis | Über Phenylmethylketen (1911) |
| Doctoral advisor | Hermann Staudinger |
| Doctoral students | George Büchi Duilio Arigoni Arie Jan Haagen-Smit Moses Wolf Goldberg Klaus H. Hofmann George Rosenkranz Cyril A. Grob Edgar Heilbronner Albert Eschenmoser |
Leopold Ružička ForMemRS (Croatian pronunciation: [rǔʒitʃka]; born Lavoslav Stjepan Ružička; 13 September 1887 – 26 September 1976) 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, medicine, and law; seven prizes and medals; and twenty-four honorary memberships in chemical, biochemical, and other scientific societies.