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Leopold Ružička

Leopold Ružička
Leopold Ružička, Croatian-Swiss biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)

Leopold Ružička was a Croatian-Swiss scientist and joint winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his work on polymethylenes and higher terpenes" "including the first chemical synthesis of male sex hormones." He worked most of his life in Switzerland, and received eight doctorates honoris causa in science, medicine, and law; seven prizes and medals; and twenty-four honorary memberships in chemical, biochemical, and other scientific societies.

13 September 1887

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