Karl Ziegler

Infobox Scientist
name = Karl Waldemar Ziegler


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caption = Karl Ziegler
birth_date = November 26, 1898
birth_place = Helsa near Kassel, Germany
nationality = Germany
death_date = death date and age|1973|8|12|1898|11|26
death_place = Mülheim, Germany
field = Organic chemistry
work_institution = Aachen University of Technology
Max Planck Institute für Kohlenforschung
alma_mater = University of Marburg
doctoral_advisor = Karl von Auwers
doctoral_students =
known_for = Ziegler-Natta catalyst
prizes = Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1963)

Karl Waldemar Ziegler (November 26, 1898 – August 12 1973) was a German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1963, with Giulio Natta, for work on polymers. In 1960, Ziegler received the Werner von Siemens Ring, jointly with Otto Bayer and Walter Reppe, for expanding the scientific knowledge of and the technical development of new synthetic materials.

Karl Ziegler was born in Helsa near Kassel, Germany and was educated at the University of Marburg. In 1943, Ziegler became Honorary Professor at the Aachen University of Technologyand Director of the Max Planck Institute für Kohlenforschung.

It was during his 26 years at the Max Planck Institute für Kohlenforschung in Mülheim/Ruhr, from 1943 until 1969, that Ziegler did most of his work on the Ziegler-Natta catalyst.

Ziegler died in Mülheim, Germany in 1973.

ee also

*Ziegler-Natta catalyst

References

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*cite journal
title = Nachruf auf Karl Ziegler
author = Wilke, Günther
journal = Justus Liebigs Annalen der Chemie
volume = 1975
issue = 4
year = 1975
pages = 804–833
doi = 10.1002/jlac.197519750419

External links

* [http://www.nobel.se/chemistry/laureates/1963/ziegler-bio.html Nobel biography]

Persondata
NAME= Ziegler, Karl Waldemar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1963
DATE OF BIRTH= November 26, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH= Helsa near Kassel, Germany
DATE OF DEATH= 1973-8-12
PLACE OF DEATH= Mülheim, Germany