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Karl Ziegler
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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 high polymers.
Ziegler was born in Helsa near Kassel, Germany and educated at the University of Marburg. In 1943 Ziegler became Honorary Professor at the prestigious Aachen University of Technology and director of the Max Planck Institute für Kohlenforschung.
In the 26 years at the Max Planck Institute für Kohlenforschung in Mülheim/Ruhr from 1943 untill 1969 he did most of the work on the Ziegler-Natta catalyst.
Ziegler died in Mülheim, Germany.
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Nobel Laureate in Chemistry |
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| Preceded by Max Perutz and John Kendrew |
Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Giulio Natta 1963 |
Succeeded by Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin |
