Alfred Werner | |
|---|---|
 Werner circa 1915 | |
| Born | 12 December 1866 |
| Died | 15 November 1919 (aged 52) Zürich, Switzerland |
| Nationality | Swiss (from 1895) French |
| Alma mater | University of Zurich ETH Zurich |
| Known for | Configuration of transition metal complexes |
| Spouse | Emma Werner[1] |
| Awards | Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1913) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Inorganic chemistry |
| Institutions | University of Zurich |
| Doctoral advisor | Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch, Marcellin Berthelot[citation needed] |
Alfred Werner (12 December 1866 – 15 November 1919) was a Swiss chemist who was a student at ETH Zurich and a professor at the University of Zurich. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1913 for proposing the octahedral configuration of transition metal complexes. Werner developed the basis for modern coordination chemistry. He was the first inorganic chemist to win the Nobel Prize, and the only one prior to 1973.[2]
- ^ "Alfred Werner - Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1913" (PDF). University of Zurich. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
He moved there with his wife, Emma Wilhelmine, née Giesker, whom he had married on 1 October 1894.
- ^ https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1913/werner-bio.html Nobel Prize Retrieved 1 December 2012