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Jaroslav Heyrovský

Czech chemist (1890-1967)

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Jaroslav Heyrovský was a Czech chemist and inventor who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1959 for his invention of polarography.

Quick facts

Born: 20 December 1890 wd
Place of birth: Prague wd
Died: 27 March 1967 wd
Place of death: Prague wd
Citizenship: Czechoslovakia wd
Occupation: chemist, physicist, inventor, teacher, scientist wd
Education: University College London, Akademické gymnázium Štěpánská, Charles University, Sorbonne, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague wd
Spouse: Marie Kořánová wd

Awards wd

Klement Gottwald State Prize (1951)
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1959)
doctor honoris causa from the University of Aix-Marseille (1959)
doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris (1960)
Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1965)
honorary doctor of the University of Vienna
Order of the Republic

Questions

When was Jaroslav Heyrovský born?: Jaroslav Heyrovský was born on 20 December 1890 in Prague.
Where did Jaroslav Heyrovský study?: Jaroslav Heyrovský was educated at University College London, Akademické gymnázium Štěpánská, Charles University, Sorbonne.

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