Awards & Winners

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff

Date of Birth 30-August-1852
Place of Birth Rotterdam
(Netherlands, South Holland, Rijnmond, Rijnmond)
Nationality Netherlands
Profession Chemist
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Jr. was a Dutch physical and organic chemist and the first winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He is best known for his discoveries in chemical kinetics, chemical equilibrium, osmotic pressure, and stereochemistry. Van 't Hoff's work in these subjects helped found the discipline of physical chemistry as it is today.

Awards by Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff

Check all the awards nominated and won by Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff.

1901


Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by the discovery of the laws of chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure in solutions)