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Richard R. Ernst

Swiss physical chemist and Nobel laureate (1933–2021)

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Richard Robert Ernst (14 August 1933 – 4 June 2021) was a Swiss physical chemist and Nobel laureate.

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Born
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Place of birth
Winterthur wd
Died
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Place of death
Winterthur wd
Citizenship
Switzerland wd
Occupation
chemist wd
Education
ETH Zurich wd

Awards wd

  • Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1991)
  • Marcel Benoist Prize (1985)
  • Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1991)
  • Wolf Prize in Chemistry (1991)
  • Commander of the Order of the Star of Romania
  • honorary doctor of Babeș-Bolyai University
  • Fellow of the Bangladesh Academy of Science
  • honorary doctor of the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
  • Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1993)
  • honorary doctor of the University of Antwerp (1997)
  • honorary doctorate from University of Montpellier-II (1999)

About

Ernst was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1991 for his contributions towards the development of Fourier transform nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy while at Varian Associates and ETH Zurich. These underpin applications to both to chemistry with NMR spectroscopy and to medicine with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

He humbly referred to himself as a "tool-maker" rather than a scientist.

Questions

When was Richard R. Ernst born?
Richard R. Ernst was born on 14 August 1933 in Winterthur.
Where did Richard R. Ernst study?
Richard R. Ernst was educated at ETH Zurich.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Richard R. Ernst · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q122272 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Richard R. Ernst 1980s (cropped).jpg by Unknown author Unknown author (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Last updated · facts checked 5 November 2026

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