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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 1900s (57) 1909 (7) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1850s (38) 1853 (4) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, eastern (65) Latvia (1) Riga (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1930s (37) 1932 (4) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, central (62) Germany (56) Leipzig (1) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name S-Z (143) W (48) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name L-R (258) O (16) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name S-Z (69) W (37) Wilhelm (3) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 50 - 59 (231) 57 (32) 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) 35. Worked for Government 35. Worked for Government North America (29) United States (26) Agency (16) Department of Energy (3) Argonne National Laboratory (1) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Europe (232) Europe, central (70) Germany (64) Leipzig (2) Leipzig University (2) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, central (165) Germany (154) Leipzig (18) Leipzig University (Karl Marx University) (18) Long-term academic staff (6) North America (529) United States (521) Northeastern states (374) Massachusetts (226) Cambridge (217) Harvard (159) Short-term academic staff (75) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) Academy of Sciences of the USSR (80) Academy of Sciences of Turin (33) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) E-P (571) G (195) German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (179) H (88) Hungarian Academy of Sciences (61) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (64) Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences (54) Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (111) Russian Academy of Sciences (144) S (49) Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences (19) Saxon Academy of Sciences (11) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards E-F (439) F (394) Faraday Lectureship Prize (22) Q-Z (398) W (157) Wilhelm Exner Medal (19) complete name: Wilhelm Ostwald nobel prize: chemistry award year: 1909 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1909 was awarded to Wilhelm Ostwald "in recognition of his work on catalysis and for his investigations into the fundamental principles governing chemical equilibria and rates of reaction." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Wilhelm family name: Ostwald occupation: inventor occupation: chemist occupation: Esperantist occupation: university teacher occupation: Idist field of work: physics work location: Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany description: Wilhelm Ostwald was a German chemist. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1909 for his work on catalysis, chemical equilibria and reaction velocities. Ostwald, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, and Svante Arrhenius are usually credited with being the modern founders of the field of physical chemistry. pronunciation: (Russian: Фридрих Вильгельм Оствальд, Latvian: Vilhelms Ostvalds) image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1909. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1909/summary/> date birth: 1853 date death: 1932 usual name: Wilhelm Ostwald
