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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Chemistry (180) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1910s (40) 1912 (6) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1870s (42) 1871 (4) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, western (207) France (55) Cherbourg (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1930s (37) 1935 (5) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, western (182) France (51) Lyon (1) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name S-Z (143) V (12) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name E-K (239) G (47) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name S-Z (69) V (2) Victor (2) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 40 - 49 (140) 42 (6) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Physical Scientists (333) Chemists and Materials Scientists (111) Chemists (111) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, western (223) France (60) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Europe (232) Europe, western (125) France (32) Nancy (1) Nancy-Université (1) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, western (390) France (92) Lyon (2) University of Lyon (1896-1966) (1) Alumni (1) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships E-P (571) F (89) French Academy of Sciences (89) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards C-D (404) C (272) Commander of the Legion of Honour (18) I-J (268) J (208) Jecker Prize (2) K-L (297) K (173) Knight of the Legion of Honour (20) L (183) Lavoisier Medal (10) Legion of Honour (20) O-P (364) O (205) Officer of the Legion of Honour (26) complete name: Victor Grignard nobel prize: chemistry award year: 1912 together with: Paul Sabatier prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1912 was divided equally between Victor Grignard "for the discovery of the so-called Grignard reagent, which in recent years has greatly advanced the progress of organic chemistry" and Paul Sabatier "for his method of hydrogenating organic compounds in the presence of finely disintegrated metals whereby the progress of organic chemistry has been greatly advanced in recent years." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Victor family name: Grignard occupation: chemist occupation: university teacher field of work: organic chemistry work location: University of Pont-à-Mousson, Nancy, France description: Victor Grignard was a Nobel Prize-winning French chemist. Grignard was the son of a sail maker. After studying mathematics at Lyon he transferred to chemistry and discovered the synthetic reaction bearing his name (the Grignard reaction) in 1900. He became a professor at the University of Nancy in 1910 and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1912. During World War I he studied chemical warfare agents, particularly the manufacture of phosgene and the detection of mustard gas. His counterpart on the German side was another Nobel Prize-winning chemist, Fritz Haber. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1912. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1912/summary/> date birth: 1871 date death: 1935 usual name: Victor Grignard
