Clara Immerwahr | |
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Born | Clara Helene Immerwahr 21 June 1870 |
Died | 2 May 1915 | (aged 44)
Cause of death | Suicide by gunshot |
Nationality | German |
Alma mater | University of Breslau |
Spouse | Fritz Haber |
Children | 1 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry |
Doctoral advisor | Richard Abegg |
Clara Helene Immerwahr (German pronunciation: [ˈklaːʁa heˈleːnə ˈʔɪmɐvaːɐ̯]; 21 June 1870 – 2 May 1915) was a German chemist.[1] She was the first German woman to be awarded a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Breslau, and is credited with being a pacifist as well as a "heroine of the women's rights movement".[2] From 1901 until her suicide in 1915, she was married to the Nobel Prize-winning chemist Fritz Haber.