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Vladimir Prelog

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Vladimir Prelog

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Bosnian-Swiss chemist (1906-1998)

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Vladimir Prelog was born on 1906-07-23 and died on 1998-01-07. He was a recipient of one Nobel Prize.

His works are included in several recognized collections. These include the Royal Society collection, the Nobel Laureates collection, the Nobel Chemistry collection, and the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1975

    “for his research into the stereochemistry of organic molecules and reactions”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Vladimir
Gender
male
Citizenship
Switzerland
Place of birth
Sarajevo
Place of death
Zurich
Occupation
engineer
Educated at
Czech Technical University in Prague
Employer
ETH Zurich
Languages spoken
Croatian
Religion
Catholicism
Doctoral advisor
Emil Votoček
Doctoral student
Har Gobind Khorana
Field of work
biochemistry
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Commons category
Vladimir Prelog
place of burial
Mirogoj Cemetery
member of
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
date of birth
1906-07-23
nominated for
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
date of death
1998-01-07
name in native language
Vladimir Prelog
ethnic group
Croatia
P8168
Loucna
interested in
chemistry
subject has role
eponym
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Encyclopedic overview

Vladimir Prelog ForMemRS (23 July 1906 – 7 January 1998) was a Croatian-Swiss organic chemist who received the 1975 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his research into the stereochemistry of organic molecules and reactions. Prelog was born, and spent his infancy, in Sarajevo, and youth in Zagreb, Osijek and Prague. He later lived and worked in Prague, Zagreb and Zürich.

Early life

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