The scientist we are looking for this time pioneered a field of research that is of great importance for modern display technology. However, at the time, the object of his work was considered merely a curiosity.

Our chemist spent most of his or her career at a single university in Eastern Germany, with a short interruption for military service during World War I. He or she was the doctoral advisor of a researcher who is often considered the “father of polymer chemistry”.

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• The Guess the Chemist answer was published on June 11, 2017.
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