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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 1950s (72) 1950 (8) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1900s (92) 1902 (13) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, eastern (65) Poland (25) Želva (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1950s (45) 1958 (8) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, central (62) Germany (56) Cologne (1) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) K (30) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name A-D (195) A (40) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name E-K (229) K (16) Kurt (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) 49 (23) 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, central (117) Germany (98) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Europe (232) Europe, central (70) Germany (64) Cologne (1) Cologne University (1) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, central (165) Germany (154) Berlin (62) Humboldt University of Berlin (56) Alumni (32) Kiel (12) University of Kiel (12) Alumni (5) Long-term academic staff (6) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) B (102) Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (67) E-P (571) G (195) German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (179) N (352) North Rhine-Westphalia Academy for Sciences and Arts (15) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards E-F (439) E (135) Emil-Fischer Medal (5) F (394) Fresenius Prize (5) complete name: Kurt Alder nobel prize: chemistry award year: 1950 together with: Otto Diels prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1950 was awarded jointly to Otto Paul Hermann Diels and Kurt Alder "for their discovery and development of the diene synthesis." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Kurt family name: Alder occupation: chemist occupation: university teacher field of work: chemistry work location: University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany description: Kurt Alder was a German chemist and Nobel laureate. pronunciation: (German: [ˈaldɐ]) image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1950. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1950/summary/> date birth: 1902 date death: 1958 usual name: Kurt Alder