Wilhelm Ostwald
1853–1932
Names and Surnames
فيلهلم أوستفالد, ヴィルヘルム・オストヴァルト, Вильгельм Фридрих Оствальд, 威廉·奥斯特瓦尔德, Wilhelm Friedrich Ostwald, Оствальд, Вильгельм Фридрих, Оствальд, Вильгельм, Вильгельм Оствальд, Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald, ウィルヘルム・オストワルト, ウィルヘルム・オストワルド, ヴィルヘルム・オストワルト, Friedrich Wilhelm
Timeline
- Birth
- 21 Aug 1853, Riga
- Marriage with Flora Helene* Mathilde Ostwald (von Reyher)
- 24 Apr 1880
- Death
- 4 Apr 1932, Großbothen
- Occupation
- chemist
- Occupation
- Esperantist
- Occupation
- inventor
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Occupation
- Idist
- Occupation
- writer
- Occupation
- physicist
- Occupation
- philosopher
- Occupation
- teacher
- Citizenship
- Livonia Governorate
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Ethnicity
- Baltic Germans
- Award
- Order of Saint Stanislaus
- Award
- Faraday Lectureship Prize
- Award
- Albert Order
- Award
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Award
- Wilhelm Exner Medal
- Award
- honorary doctor of the University of Aberdeen
- Award
- honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge
- Award
- honorary doctorate of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
- Award
- honorary doctor of the University of Halle-Wittenberg
- Award
- Honorary doctorate from University of Toronto
- Award
- honorary doctor of the University of Liverpool
- Employment
- Leipzig University
- Employment
- Imperial University of Dorpat
- Employment
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Employment
- Riga Technical University
Relations
Marriages
- Flora Helene* Mathilde Ostwald (von Reyher) (1854–1946)
Children
- Wolfgang Ostwald (1883–1943)
- Walter Ostwald (1886–1958)
Siblings
- Eugen Heinrich Ostwald (1851–1932)
Parents
- Gottfried Ostwald (1824–1903)
- Elisabeth Ostwald (1824–1903)
Biography
Baltic German chemist (1853–1932)