Wilhelm Ostwald

Date of Birth	02-September-1853
Place of Birth	Riga (Latvia)
Nationality	Germany, Prussia
Profession	Chemist
Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald was a Baltic German chemist. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1909 for his work on catalysis, chemical equilibria and reaction velocities. Ostwald, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, and Svante Arrhenius are usually credited with being the modern founders of the field of physical chemistry.

Awards by Wilhelm Ostwald

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Nobel Prize in Chemistry	(in recognition of his work on catalysis and for his investigations into the fundamental principles governing chemical equilibria and rates of reaction.)