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Edward P. Abraham Chemist Cephalosporins 10-Jun-1913 08-May-1999 DEAD
Roger Adams Chemist Organic chemist at Illinois 02-Jan-1889 06-Jul-1971 DEAD
Kurt Alder Chemist Diels-Alder Reaction 10-Jul-1902 20-Jun-1958 DEAD
Sidney Altman Chemist Proved enzyme role of RNA 07-May-1939 TBD ADD
Christian Anfinsen Chemist Molecular structure of proteins 26-Mar-1916 14-May-1995 DEAD
Svante Arrhenius Chemist Explored electrolytic conductivity 19-Feb-1859 02-Oct-1927 DEAD
Francis W. Aston Chemist Invented the mass spectograph 01-Sep-1877 20-Nov-1945 DEAD
Julius Axelrod Chemist Research of neurotransmitters 30-May-1912 29-Dec-2004 DEAD
Stephen Babcock Chemist Chemistry of milk 22-Oct-1843 02-Jul-1931 DEAD
Adolf von Baeyer Chemist Synthesized indigo 31-Oct-1835 20-Aug-1917 DEAD
Antoine-Jérôme Balard Chemist Discovered bromine 30-Sep-1802 30-Mar-1876 DEAD
Derek Barton Chemist Conformational analysis 08-Sep-1918 16-Mar-1998 DEAD
Jacqueline K. Barton Chemist Professor of Chemistry at CalTech 07-May-1952 TBD ADD
Paul Berg Chemist Pioneer in recombinant DNA 30-Jun-1926 TBD ADD
Friedrich Bergius Chemist Hydrogenation of coal 11-Oct-1884 30-Mar-1949 DEAD
Marcellin Berthelot Chemist Chimie organique fondée sur la synthèse 27-Oct-1827 18-Mar-1907 DEAD
Claude-Louis Berthollet Chemist Essai de statique chimique 09-Dec-1748 06-Nov-1822 DEAD
Jöns Jacob Berzelius Chemist Inventor of modern chemical notation 20-Aug-1779 07-Aug-1848 DEAD
Carl Bosch Chemist Chairman of I. G. Farben 27-Aug-1874 26-Apr-1940 DEAD
Paul D. Boyer Chemist ATP process 31-Jul-1918 TBD ADD
Robert Boyle Chemist Pioneer of modern chemistry 25-Jan-1627 30-Dec-1691 DEAD
Jacques E. Brandenberger Chemist Cellophane 19-Oct-1872 13-Jul-1954 DEAD
Wallace R. Brode Chemist Absorption spectra of dyes 12-Jun-1900 10-Aug-1974 DEAD
Herbert C. Brown Chemist Discovered organoboranes 22-May-1912 19-Dec-2004 DEAD
Eduard Buchner Chemist Studied fermentation 20-May-1860 13-Aug-1917 DEAD
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen Chemist Spectrum analysis, bunsen burner 31-Mar-1811 16-Aug-1899 DEAD
Adolf Butenandt Chemist Research in sex hormones 24-Mar-1903 18-Jan-1995 DEAD
Melvin Calvin Chemist Deciphered photosynthesis 08-Apr-1911 08-Jan-1997 DEAD
Stanislao Cannizzaro Chemist Atomic vs Molecular weights 13-Jul-1826 10-May-1910 DEAD
Wallace Hume Carothers Chemist Inventor of Nylon 27-Apr-1896 29-Apr-1937 DEAD
Henry Cavendish Chemist Discovered hydrogen 10-Oct-1731 24-Feb-1810 DEAD
Thomas R. Cech Chemist Proved enzyme role of RNA 08-Dec-1947 TBD ADD
Yves Chauvin Chemist Metathesis 10-Oct-1930 TBD ADD
Michel-Eugène Chevreul Chemist Chemistry of fats, dyes 31-Aug-1786 09-Apr-1889 DEAD
Samuel C. Collins Chemist Collins-type cryocooler 28-Dec-1898 19-Jun-1984 DEAD
Harry Coover Chemist Invented Super Glue 06-Mar-1919 TBD ADD
Elias James Corey Chemist Retrosynthetic analysis 12-Jul-1928 TBD ADD
John Cornforth Chemist Stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysts 07-Sep-1917 TBD ADD
Donald J. Cram Chemist Synthesis of molecules 22-Apr-1919 17-Jun-2001 DEAD
Sir William Crookes Chemist Discovered element Thallium 17-Jun-1832 04-Apr-1919 DEAD
Paul J. Crutzen Chemist Ozone depletion 03-Dec-1933 TBD ADD
Marie Curie Chemist Early nuclear chemist 07-Nov-1867 04-Jul-1934 DEAD
Robert F. Curl, Jr. Chemist Co-Discovered first fullerine 23-Aug-1933 TBD ADD
John Dalton Chemist Early proponent of Atomic Theory 06-Sep-1766 27-Jul-1844 DEAD
Humphry Davy Chemist Leading early 19th century chemist 17-Dec-1778 29-May-1829 DEAD
Peter Debye Chemist Studied molecular structure, dipoles 24-Mar-1884 02-Nov-1966 DEAD
Johann Deisenhofer Chemist Proteins of photosynthesis 30-Sep-1943 TBD ADD
Peter B. Dervan Chemist DNA Researcher 28-Jun-1945 TBD ADD
Henri-Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville Chemist Process for obtaining aluminum 11-Mar-1818 01-Jul-1881 DEAD
Otto Diels Chemist Diels-Alder Reaction 23-Jan-1876 07-Mar-1954 DEAD
John William Draper Chemist Radiant energy and portrait photography 05-May-1811 04-Jan-1882 DEAD
Jean-Baptiste-André Dumas Chemist Pioneer of organic chemistry 14-Jul-1800 10-Apr-1884 DEAD
Peter P. Edwards Chemist Metal-non-metal transition 1949 TBD ADD
Richard R. Ernst Chemist NMR spectroscopy 14-Aug-1933 TBD ADD
Gerhard Ertl Chemist Auto emissions and the ozone layer 10-Oct-1936 TBD ADD
Hans von Euler-Chelpin Chemist Enzymes of sugar fermentation 15-Feb-1873 07-Nov-1964 DEAD
John B. Fenn Chemist Electrospray ionization 15-Jun-1917 TBD ADD
George Finch Chemist Oxygen for mountain climbing 04-Aug-1888 22-Nov-1970 DEAD
Emil Fischer Chemist Investigated sugars and purines 09-Oct-1852 15-Jul-1919 DEAD
Ernst Otto Fischer Chemist Organometallic sandwich compounds 10-Nov-1918 23-Jul-2007 DEAD
Hans Fischer Chemist Chemistry of pyrrole, synthesis of haemin 27-Jul-1881 31-Mar-1945 DEAD
Martin Fleischmann Chemist Cold fusion crank 29-Mar-1927 TBD ADD
Paul J. Flory Chemist Studied polymers 19-Jun-1910 09-Sep-1985 DEAD
Antoine François Fourcroy Chemist French adherent to Lavoisier 15-Jun-1755 16-Dec-1809 DEAD
Rosalind Franklin Chemist Photographed DNA's structure 25-Jul-1920 16-Apr-1958 DEAD
Edmond Frémy Chemist Discovered hydrogen fluoride 28-Feb-1814 03-Feb-1894 DEAD
Carl Remigius Fresenius Chemist Anleitung zur qualitativen chemischen Analyse 28-Dec-1818 11-Jun-1897 DEAD
Art Fry Chemist Post-It notes 1929 TBD ADD
Kenichi Fukui Chemist Frontier orbitals 04-Oct-1918 09-Jan-1998 DEAD
Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac Chemist Researched gases, etc. 06-Dec-1778 09-May-1850 DEAD
William F. Giauque Chemist Adiabatic demagnetization 12-May-1895 28-Mar-1982 DEAD
Walter Gilbert Chemist Sequencing techniques for DNA 21-Mar-1932 TBD ADD
Victor Grignard Chemist Grignard Reaction 06-May-1871 13-Dec-1935 DEAD
Robert H. Grubbs Chemist Metathesis 27-Feb-1942 TBD ADD
Fritz Haber Chemist Synthesized ammonia 09-Dec-1868 29-Jan-1934 DEAD
Otto Hahn Chemist Demonstrated fission 08-Mar-1879 28-Jul-1968 DEAD
H. Tracy Hall Chemist Synthetic diamonds 1919 TBD ADD
Arthur Harden Chemist Enzymes of sugar fermentation 12-Oct-1865 17-Jun-1940 DEAD
Robert Hare Chemist Hydrostatic blow-pipe and spiritoscope 17-Jan-1781 15-May-1858 DEAD
Odd Hassel Chemist Conformational analysis 17-May-1897 11-May-1981 DEAD
Norman Haworth Chemist The Constitution of Sugars 19-Mar-1883 19-Mar-1950 DEAD
Jan Baptist van Helmont Chemist Recognized discrete gases 12-Jan-1580 30-Dec-1644 DEAD
William Henry Chemist Henry's Law 12-Dec-1775 02-Sep-1836 DEAD
Dudley R. Herschbach Chemist Crossed molecular beam experiments 18-Jun-1932 TBD ADD
Gerhard Herzberg Chemist Molecular spectroscopy 25-Dec-1904 03-Mar-1999 DEAD
George de Hevesy Chemist Radioisotope researcher 01-Aug-1885 05-Jul-1966 DEAD
Jaroslav Heyrovsky Chemist Polarography 20-Dec-1890 27-Mar-1967 DEAD
Sir Cyril Hinshelwood Chemist The Kinetics of Chemical Change 19-Jun-1897 09-Oct-1967 DEAD
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Chemist Determined structure of Vitamin B12 12-May-1910 29-Jul-1994 DEAD
Jacobus H. van 't Hoff Chemist Studied reaction rates, osmotic pressures 30-Aug-1852 01-Mar-1911 DEAD
Felix Hoffmann Chemist Aspirin and heroin 21-Jan-1868 08-Feb-1946 DEAD
Roald Hoffmann Chemist Woodward-Hoffmann reaction 18-Jul-1937 TBD ADD
Albert Hofmann Chemist Discovered LSD 11-Jan-1906 29-Apr-2008 DEAD
August Wilhelm von Hofmann Chemist Organic chemist, researched aniline 08-Apr-1818 02-May-1892 DEAD
Robert Huber Chemist Proteins of photosynthesis 20-Feb-1937 TBD ADD
Frédéric Joliot Chemist Researcher of radioactivity 19-Mar-1900 14-Aug-1958 DEAD
Irène Joliot-Curie Chemist Researcher of radioactivity 12-Sep-1897 17-Mar-1956 DEAD
Percy Julian Chemist Physostigmine and cortisone 11-Apr-1899 19-Apr-1975 DEAD
Jerome Karle Chemist X-Ray diffraction studies 18-Jun-1918 TBD ADD
Martin Karplus Chemist Karplus Equation 15-Mar-1930 TBD ADD
Paul Karrer Chemist Studied pigments, beta-carotene, etc. 21-Apr-1889 18-Jun-1971 DEAD
Friedrich August Kekulé Chemist Predicted benzene ring 07-Sep-1829 13-Jul-1896 DEAD
John C. Kendrew Chemist Determined structure of myoglobin 24-Mar-1917 23-Aug-1997 DEAD
Martin Heinrich Klaproth Chemist Discovered uranium, zirconium, titanium 01-Dec-1743 01-Jan-1817 DEAD
Aaron Klug Chemist Structural analysis of viruses 11-Aug-1926 TBD ADD
William S. Knowles Chemist Chiral catalysts 01-Jun-1917 TBD ADD
Walter Kohn Chemist Density-functional theory 09-Mar-1923 TBD ADD
Sir Harold Kroto Chemist Co-Discovered first fullerene 07-Oct-1939 TBD ADD
Richard Kuhn Chemist Researcher of carotenoids 03-Dec-1900 01-Aug-1967 DEAD
Stephanie Kwolek Chemist Invented Kevlar 31-Jul-1923 TBD ADD
Robert S. Langer Chemist Institute Professor at MIT 29-Aug-1948 TBD ADD
Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier Chemist Father of modern chemistry 26-Aug-1743 08-May-1794 DEAD
Yuan T. Lee Chemist Crossed molecular beam experiments 29-Nov-1936 TBD ADD
Jean-Marie Lehn Chemist Synthesis of molecules 30-Sep-1939 TBD ADD
Luis Leloir Chemist Conversion of carbohydrates 06-Sep-1906 02-Dec-1987 DEAD
Willard F. Libby Chemist Carbon-14 dating technique 17-Dec-1908 08-Sep-1980 DEAD
Justus Liebig Chemist Reformed pedagogy of chemistry 12-May-1803 18-Apr-1873 DEAD
William Lipscomb Chemist Investigated boron compounds 09-Dec-1919 TBD ADD
Alan G. MacDiarmid Chemist Metallic polymers 14-Apr-1927 07-Feb-2007 DEAD
Rudolph A. Marcus Chemist Electron-transfer reactions 21-Jul-1923 TBD ADD
Archer J. P. Martin Chemist Partition chromatography 01-Mar-1910 28-Jul-2002 DEAD
Dmitri Mendeleev Chemist Periodic Table of the Elements 08-Feb-1834 02-Feb-1907 DEAD
Bruce Merrifield Chemist Synthesized polypeptides 15-Jul-1921 14-May-2006 DEAD
Hartmut Michel Chemist Proteins of photosynthesis 18-Jul-1948 TBD ADD
Stanley Miller Chemist Miller-Urey Experiment 07-Mar-1930 20-May-2007 DEAD
Peter Mitchell Chemist ADP to ATP conversion in mitochondia 29-Sep-1920 10-Apr-1992 DEAD
Henri Moissan Chemist Isolated fluorine 28-Sep-1852 20-Feb-1907 DEAD
Mario J. Molina Chemist Ozone depletion 19-Mar-1943 TBD ADD
Stanford Moore Chemist Amino-acid analyzer 04-Sep-1913 23-Aug-1982 DEAD
Robert S. Mulliken Chemist Studied molecular structure 07-Jun-1896 31-Oct-1986 DEAD
Kary Mullis Chemist Nutball 1993 Nobel laureate 28-Dec-1944 TBD ADD
Giulio Natta Chemist Ziegler-Natta catalysts 26-Feb-1903 02-May-1979 DEAD
Walther Nernst Chemist Third Law of Thermodynamics 25-Jun-1864 18-Nov-1941 DEAD
John Alexander Reina Newlands Chemist Periodic Law of Elements 26-Nov-1837 29-Jul-1898 DEAD
Ronald G. W. Norrish Chemist Studied fast chemical reactions 09-Nov-1897 07-Jun-1978 DEAD
John H. Northrop Chemist Isolated the first bacteriophage 05-Jul-1891 27-May-1987 DEAD
Ryoji Noyori Chemist Chiral catalysts 03-Sep-1938 TBD ADD
George A. Olah Chemist Isolated carbonium ions 22-May-1927 TBD ADD
Lars Onsager Chemist Irreversible chemical processes 27-Nov-1903 05-Oct-1976 DEAD
Wilhelm Ostwald Chemist Physical chemist, investigated catalysis 02-Sep-1853 04-Apr-1932 DEAD
Paracelsus Chemist Alchemist and doctor 11-Nov-1493 24-Sep-1541 DEAD
Louis Pasteur Chemist Discovered process of pasteurization 27-Dec-1822 28-Sep-1895 DEAD
Linus Pauling Chemist Reformed the science of chemistry 28-Feb-1901 19-Aug-1994 DEAD
Charles J. Pedersen Chemist Synthesis of crown ethers 03-Oct-1904 26-Oct-1989 DEAD
William Henry Perkin Chemist Invented mauve 12-Mar-1838 14-Jul-1907 DEAD
Max F. Perutz Chemist X-Ray analysis of hemoglobin 19-May-1914 06-Feb-2002 DEAD
Charles Pfizer Chemist Founder of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals 1824 19-Oct-1906 DEAD
Kenneth S. Pitzer Chemist President of Rice University, 1961-68 06-Jan-1914 26-Dec-1997 DEAD
John C. Polanyi Chemist Infrared chemiluminescence 23-Jan-1929 TBD ADD
John A. Pople Chemist Quantum mechanics of molecules 31-Oct-1925 15-Mar-2004 DEAD
George Porter Chemist Studied fast chemical reactions 06-Dec-1920 31-Aug-2002 DEAD
Fritz Pregl Chemist Quantitative organic micro-analysis 03-Sep-1869 13-Dec-1930 DEAD
Vladimir Prelog Chemist Stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysts 23-Jul-1906 07-Jan-1998 DEAD
Joseph Priestley Chemist Investigated gases, discovered Oxygen 13-Mar-1733 06-Feb-1804 DEAD
Ilya Prigogine Chemist Thermodynamic systems 25-Jan-1917 28-May-2003 DEAD
Sir William Ramsay Chemist Discovered noble gases 02-Oct-1852 23-Jul-1916 DEAD
C. N. R. Rao Chemist Chemistry of superconductivity 30-Jun-1934 TBD ADD
Henri-Victor Regnault Chemist Properties of gases 21-Jul-1810 19-Jan-1878 DEAD
Theodore W. Richards Chemist Proved existence of isotopes 31-Jan-1868 02-Apr-1928 DEAD
George Rieveschl Chemist Discovered Benadryl 09-Jan-1916 27-Sep-2007 DEAD
Sir Robert Robinson Chemist Researcher of alkaloids 13-Sep-1886 08-Feb-1975 DEAD
F. Sherwood Rowland Chemist Ozone depletion 28-Jun-1927 TBD ADD
Leopold Ruzicka Chemist Studied terpenes 13-Sep-1887 26-Sep-1976 DEAD
Paul Sabatier Chemist Researcher of catalysis 05-Nov-1854 14-Aug-1941 DEAD
Frederick Sanger Chemist Determined sequencing of Insulin 13-Aug-1918 TBD ADD
Carl Wilhelm Scheele Chemist Discovered oxygen, chlorine, manganese 09-Dec-1742 21-May-1786 DEAD
Richard R. Schrock Chemist Metathesis 04-Jan-1945 TBD ADD
Nikolay Semyonov Chemist Researcher of chemical kinetics 15-Apr-1896 25-Sep-1986 DEAD
K. Barry Sharpless Chemist Chiral catalysts 28-Apr-1941 TBD ADD
Osamu Shimomura Chemist Green Fluorescent Protein 1929 TBD ADD
Hideki Shirakawa Chemist Metallic polymers 20-Aug-1936 TBD ADD
Spencer Silver Chemist Post-It notes 06-Feb-1941 TBD ADD
Jens C. Skou Chemist ATPase researcher 08-Oct-1918 TBD ADD
Richard E. Smalley Chemist Co-Discovered first fullerine 06-Jun-1943 28-Oct-2005 DEAD
Michael Smith Chemist Oligonucleotide-based mutagenesis 26-Apr-1932 04-Oct-2000 DEAD
James Smithson Chemist Chemist funded The Smithsonian Institution 1765 27-Jun-1829 DEAD
Frederick Soddy Chemist Investigated radioactivity, isotopes 02-Sep-1877 22-Sep-1956 DEAD
Wendell M. Stanley Chemist First to crystallize a virus 16-Aug-1904 15-Jun-1971 DEAD
Hermann Staudinger Chemist Showed polymers have long chains 23-Mar-1881 08-Sep-1965 DEAD
William H. Stein Chemist Studied ribonuclease 25-Jun-1911 02-Feb-1980 DEAD
James B. Sumner Chemist First to crystallize an enzyme 19-Nov-1887 12-Aug-1955 DEAD
The Svedberg Chemist Inventor of the ultracentrifuge 30-Aug-1884 25-Feb-1971 DEAD
Timothy Swager Chemist Chemist at MIT 01-Jul-1961 TBD ADD
Richard L. M. Synge Chemist Partition chromatography 28-Oct-1914 18-Aug-1994 DEAD
Koichi Tanaka Chemist Refinements in mass spectrometry 03-Aug-1959 TBD ADD
Henry Taube Chemist Oxygen-reduction processes 30-Nov-1915 16-Nov-2005 DEAD
Louis-Jacques Thénard Chemist Traité de Chimie élémentaire 04-May-1777 21-Jun-1857 DEAD
Arne Tiselius Chemist Electrophoresis 10-Aug-1902 29-Aug-1971 DEAD
Alexander R. Todd Chemist Studied nucleotides, ATP, etc 02-Oct-1907 10-Jan-1997 DEAD
Harold C. Urey Chemist Discovered Deuterium 29-Apr-1893 05-Jan-1981 DEAD
Thomas Vaughan Chemist English alchemist and mystic 17-Apr-1622 27-Feb-1666 DEAD
Nicolas-Louis Vauquelin Chemist Discovered beryllium and chromium 16-May-1763 14-Nov-1829 DEAD
Vincent du Vigneaud Chemist Synthesized vasopressin and oxytocin 18-May-1901 11-Dec-1978 DEAD
Artturi Virtanen Chemist Improvements in fodder 15-Jan-1895 11-Nov-1973 DEAD
John E. Walker Chemist ATP process 07-Jan-1941 TBD ADD
Otto Wallach Chemist Identified and studied terpenes 27-Mar-1847 26-Feb-1931 DEAD
Alfred Werner Chemist Coordination Theory 12-Dec-1866 15-Nov-1919 DEAD
George M. Whitesides Chemist Harvard chemist, highest H-Index 03-Aug-1939 TBD ADD
Otto Wichterle Chemist Invented soft contact lenses 27-Oct-1913 18-Aug-1998 DEAD
Heinrich Wieland Chemist Studied acids of bile 04-Jun-1877 05-Aug-1957 DEAD
Geoffrey Wilkinson Chemist Organometallic sandwich compounds 14-Jul-1921 26-Sep-1996 DEAD
Richard Willstätter Chemist Invented chromatography 13-Aug-1872 03-Aug-1942 DEAD
Adolf Windaus Chemist Investigated cholesterol, Vitamin D 25-Dec-1876 09-Jun-1959 DEAD
Georg Wittig Chemist Wittig Reaction 16-Jun-1897 26-Aug-1987 DEAD
Friedrich Wöhler Chemist Artificial creation of urea 31-Jul-1800 23-Sep-1882 DEAD
William Hyde Wollaston Chemist Discovered palladium, rhodium 06-Aug-1766 22-Dec-1828 DEAD
Robert B. Woodward Chemist Synthesized cholesterol, Vitamin B12, etc. 10-Apr-1917 08-Jul-1979 DEAD
Kurt Wüthrich Chemist Magnetic resonance spectroscopy 04-Oct-1938 TBD ADD
Ahmed H. Zewail Chemist Femtochemistry 26-Feb-1946 TBD ADD
Karl Ziegler Chemist Researcher in plastics 26-Nov-1898 12-Aug-1973 DEAD
Richard Zsigmondy Chemist Researcher of colloids 01-Apr-1865 23-Sep-1929 DEAD

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