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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 1970s (104) 1975 (12) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1900s (92) 1906 (11) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, eastern (65) Bosnia and Herzegovina (1) Sarajevo (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1990s (82) 1998 (11) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, western (182) Switzerland (26) Zürich (7) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name S-Z (143) V (12) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name L-R (258) P (41) 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) 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) Austria (19) 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, western (390) Switzerland (65) Zurich (49) ETH Zurich (32) Long-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) E-P (571) F (89) French Academy of Sciences (89) G (195) German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (179) N (352) National Academy of Sciences (334) P (109) Pontifical Academy of Sciences (83) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Society (294) Russian Academy of Sciences (144) S (49) Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (12) Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (7) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards A-B (362) A (285) August Wilhelm von Hofmann Medal (12) C-D (404) C (272) Centenary Prize (31) D (194) Davy Medal (30) M-N (333) M (172) Marcel Benoist Prize (10) complete name: Vladimir Prelog nobel prize: chemistry award year: 1975 together with: John Cornforth prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1975 was divided equally between John Warcup Cornforth "for his work on the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalyzed reactions" and Vladimir Prelog "for his research into the stereochemistry of organic molecules and reactions." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Vladimir family name: Prelog occupation: chemist occupation: university teacher field of work: biochemistry field of work: organic chemistry work location: University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia description: Vladimir Prelog was a Croatian-Swiss organic chemist who received the 1975 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his research into the stereochemistry of organic molecules and reactions. Prelog was born and grew up in Sarajevo. He lived and worked in Prague, Zagreb and Zürich during his lifetime. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1975. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1975/summary/> date birth: 1906 date death: 1998 usual name: Vladimir Prelog