Awards & Winners

Leopold Ruži?ka

Date of Birth 13-September-1887
Place of Birth Vukovar
(Croatia, Vukovar-Syrmia County)
Nationality Croatia, Switzerland, Austria-Hungary
Also know as Lavoslav Ruzicka
Profession Scientist, Chemist
Leopold Ružička ForMemRS was a Croatian 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.

Awards by Leopold Ruži?ka

Check all the awards nominated and won by Leopold Ruži?ka.

1939


Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(for his work on polymethylenes and higher terpenes.)