Pioneer of valence theory known for Abegg's rule, a precursor to the octet rule

150th Birthday: Richard Abegg

200th Birthday: James Prescott Joule
English physicist made important breakthroughs in thermodynamics—without a university education

100th Birthday: Ernst Otto Fischer
Nobel Laureate co-discovered the structure of ferrocene

50th Anniversary: Death of Lise Meitner
Co-discoverer of nuclear fission

100th Birthday: Sir Derek Barton
British Chemistry Nobel Laureate pioneered conformational analysis

150th Anniversary: Death of Christian Friedrich Schönbein
German-Swiss chemist discovered guncotton and ozone and co-invented the fuel cell

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Fellows Program
ChemPubSoc Europe luminaries at the 7th EuCheMS Chemistry Congress Sixteen continental European chemical societies created the ChemPubSoc Europe Fellows Program in 2015 to honor researchers who have...

50th Anniversary: Death of Otto Hahn
Chemistry Nobel Laureate for the discovery of nuclear fission

100th Birthday: Jerome Karle
Chemistry Nobel Laureate co-developed the theoretical basis for solving crystal structures

100th Anniversary: Death of Alexander Mitscherlich
German chemist was one of the inventors of the sulfite process for the production of cellulose