In 1909, Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald won the Chemistry Noble Prize.
Born: 2 September 1853, Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire.
Died: 4 April 1932 Großbothen, Amtshauptmannschaft Grimma, Saxony, Weimar Republic.
Education: Imperial University of Dorpat.
Known as: Catalysis, Coining the term ‘Mole’, HSL and HSV, Ostwald coefficient, Ostwald color system, Ostwald dilution law, Ostwald process, Ostwald ripening, Ostwald’s rule, Ostwald viscometer, Ostwald–Folin Pipette, Ostwald–Freundlich equation, Ostwald–Liesegang cycle, Ostwald–de Waele relationship.
Awards: Faraday Lectureship Prize (1904), Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1909), Wilhelm Exner Medal (1923).
Fields: Physical chemistry.
