Kurt Alder

Kurt Alder was a German chemist and university teacher born in Chorzów in 1902. He worked at Kiel University and the University of Cologne, where he also died in 1958. Alder studied at Kiel University and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin under doctoral advisor Otto Diels. He was a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and the North Rhine-Westphalia Academy for Sciences and Arts.

Alder received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He is recognized in the Nobel Laureates collection and the Nobel Chemistry collection. He spoke German and was interested in chemistry.