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Alfred Werner

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Swiss chemist Nobel laureate (1866-1919)

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Alfred Werner was a Swiss chemist who was a student at ETH Zurich and a professor at the University of Zurich. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1913 for proposing the octahedral configuration of transition metal complexes. Werner developed the basis for modern coordination chemistry. He was the first inorganic chemist to win the Nobel Prize, and the only one prior to 1973.

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Born
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Place of birth
Mulhouse wd
Died
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Place of death
Zurich wd
Citizenship
Switzerland, France wd
Occupation
chemist, university teacher wd
Education
ETH Zurich, University of Zurich wd
Spouse
Emma Werner wd

Awards wd

  • Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1913)
  • honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (1911)

Questions

When was Alfred Werner born?
Alfred Werner was born on 12 December 1866 in Mulhouse.
Where did Alfred Werner study?
Alfred Werner was educated at ETH Zurich, University of Zurich.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Alfred Werner · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q123014 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: (UAZ) AB.1.1093 Werner.tif by Franz Schmelhaus, Zürich (Public domain)

Last updated · facts checked 4 November 2026

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