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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) 1953 (6) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1880s (52) 1881 (8) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, central (101) Germany (84) Worms (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1960s (49) 1965 (8) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, central (62) Germany (56) Freiburg im Breisgau (5) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) H (52) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name S-Z (212) S (103) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name E-K (229) H (38) Hermann (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 70 - 79 (179) 73 (18) 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) Breisgau (2) University of Freiburg (2) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, central (165) Germany (154) Freiburg (21) University of Freiburg (21) Long-term academic staff (7) Karlsruhe (7) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (7) Long-term academic staff (4) Munich (51) University of Munich (42) Alumni (28) Europe, western (390) France (92) Strasbourg (20) University of Strasbourg (20) Short-term academic staff (4) Switzerland (65) Zurich (49) ETH Zurich (32) Short-term academic staff (14) 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) H (88) Heidelberg Academy for Sciences and Humanities (28) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards C-D (404) C (272) Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (11) E-F (439) E (135) Emil-Fischer Medal (5) F (394) Fresenius Prize (5) G-H (389) G (254) Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (23) Q-Z (398) R (196) Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille (5) complete name: Hermann Staudinger nobel prize: chemistry award year: 1953 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1953 was awarded to Hermann Staudinger "for his discoveries in the field of macromolecular chemistry." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Hermann family name: Staudinger occupation: engineer occupation: chemist occupation: university teacher field of work: physical chemistry work location: University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany description: Hermann Staudinger was a German organic chemist who demonstrated the existence of macromolecules, which he characterized as polymers. For this work he received the 1953 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He is also known for his discovery of ketenes and of the Staudinger reaction. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1953. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1953/summary/> date birth: 1881 date death: 1965 usual name: Hermann Staudinger
