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Paul Karrer

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Swiss chemist (1889-1971)

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Paul Karrer (1889–1971) was a person recognized in the Nobel Chemistry collection. He received one Nobel Prize. His literary output includes five works, among which are *Carotinoide*, *Carotenoids*, *Organic Chemistry*, *Lehrbuch der organischen Chemie*, and *101 Dinosaur Do's and Don'ts*.

Karrer is included in the Royal Society collection and the Nobel Laureates collection. He has been referenced by 257 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 17 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Nobel Prize, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
5

Top works

  • Carotinoide
  • 101 Dinosaur Do's and Don'ts
  • Carotenoids
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Lehrbuch der organischen Chemie

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1
Total plays
10

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1937

    for his investigations on carotenoids, flavins and vitamins A and B2

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Paul
Gender
male
Citizenship
Switzerland
Place of birth
Moscow
Place of death
Zurich
Occupation
biochemist
Position held
rector
Languages spoken
German
Field of work
organic chemistry
Image
UAZ DOK.005.059 Karrer.tif
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place of burial
Fluntern Cemetery
Commons category
Paul Karrer
date of birth
1889-04-21
date of death
1971-06-18
name in native language
Paul Karrer
municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
Teufenthal
interested in
organic chemistry
Sources (6)

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Encyclopedic overview

Paul Karrer (21 April 1889 – 18 June 1971) was a Swiss organic chemist best known for his research on vitamins. He and British chemist Norman Haworth won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1937.

Biography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paul Karrer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.