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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) 1906 (6) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1850s (38) 1852 (8) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, western (207) France (55) Paris (22) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1900s (9) 1907 (3) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, western (182) France (51) Paris (25) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) H (52) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name L-R (258) M (84) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name E-K (229) H (38) Henri (3) 23. Religion 23. Religion Religious group (353) Judaism (160) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 50 - 59 (231) 55 (29) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Physical Scientists (333) Chemists and Materials Scientists (111) Chemists (111) 33. Ethnic Origins 33. Ethnic Origins Asia (244) Middle East (197) Israel (197) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, western (223) France (60) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Europe (232) Europe, western (125) France (32) Paris (23) Sorbonne University (7) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, western (390) France (92) Paris (73) University of Paris (50) Alumni (42) Long-term academic staff (21) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) Académie Nationale de Médecine (34) E-P (571) F (89) French Academy of Sciences (89) H (88) Hungarian Academy of Sciences (61) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences (54) Royal Society (294) Russian Academy of Sciences (144) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards A-B (362) A (285) August Wilhelm von Hofmann Medal (12) C-D (404) C (272) Commander of the Legion of Honour (18) D (194) Davy Medal (30) E-F (439) E (135) Elliott Cresson Medal (30) complete name: Henri Moissan nobel prize: chemistry award year: 1906 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1906 was awarded to Henri Moissan "in recognition of the great services rendered by him in his investigation and isolation of the element fluorine, and for the adoption in the service of science of the electric furnace called after him." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Henri family name: Moissan occupation: pharmacist occupation: chemist occupation: university teacher occupation: pharmacologist field of work: chemistry work location: Sorbonne, Sorbonne, France description: Henri Moissan was a French chemist who won the 1906 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in isolating fluorine from its compounds. Moissan was one of the original members of the International Atomic Weights Committee. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1906. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1906/summary/> date birth: 1852 date death: 1907 usual name: Henri Moissan
