Richard Willstätter: German chemist (1872–1942)
Richard Martin Willstätter, ForMemRS (13 August 1872 – 3 August 1942) was a German organic chemist.
Her study of the structure of plant pigments, chlorophyll. It won him the 1915 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
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| Born | Richard Martin Willstätter 13 August 1872 |
| Died | 3 August 1942 (aged 69) |
| Nationality | Germany |
| Alma mater | University of Munich |
| Known for | Organic chemistry |
| Spouse(s) | Sophie Leser (1903-1908; her death; 2 children) |
| Awards | Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1915) Faraday Lectureship Prize (1927) Davy Medal (1932) Willard Gibbs Award (1933) Fellow of the Royal Society |
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| Fields | Physical chemistry |
| Institutions | University of Munich ETH Zürich University of Berlin Kaiser Wilhelm Institute |
| Doctoral advisor | Alfred Einhorn, Adolf von Baeyer[source?] |
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