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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 1930s (56) 1939 (5) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1880s (52) 1887 (7) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, eastern (65) Croatia (1) Vukovar (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1970s (66) 1976 (8) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, western (182) Switzerland (26) Mammern (1) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name L-R (240) L (30) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name L-R (258) R (44) 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) 53 (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, eastern (21) Croatia (1) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Europe (232) Europe, western (125) Switzerland (12) Zurich (8) Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (4) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, central (165) Germany (154) Karlsruhe (7) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (7) Alumni (1) Europe, western (390) Netherlands (31) Utrecht (14) University of Utrecht (14) Long-term academic staff (6) Switzerland (65) Zurich (49) ETH Zurich (32) Long-term academic staff (9) University of Zurich (23) Short-term academic staff (9) 43. Affilliation with Secondary School 43. Affilliation with Secondary School Europe (60) Europe, eastern (4) Croatia (2) Osijek (2) III Gymnasium Osijek (2) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) Academy of Sciences of the USSR (80) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) B (102) Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (67) E-P (571) G (195) German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (179) P (109) Polish Academy of Sciences (22) Pontifical Academy of Sciences (83) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (64) Royal Society (294) Russian Academy of Sciences (144) S (49) Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (12) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards E-F (439) F (394) Faraday Lectureship Prize (22) M-N (333) M (172) Marcel Benoist Prize (10) complete name: Leopold Ruzicka Ružička nobel prize: chemistry award year: 1939 together with: Adolf Butenandt prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1939 was divided equally between Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt "for his work on sex hormones" and Leopold Ruzicka "for his work on polymethylenes and higher terpenes." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Leopold family name: Ružička occupation: chemist occupation: university teacher field of work: biochemistry field of work: organic chemistry work location: Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands description: Leopold Ruzicka Ružička was a Croatian-Swiss scientist and winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry who worked most of his life in Switzerland. He received eight honoris causa doctorates in science, medicine, and law; seven prizes and medals; and twenty-four honorary memberships in chemical, biochemical, and other scientific societies. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1939. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1939/summary/> date birth: 1887 date death: 1976 usual name: Leopold Ružička
