In 1950, Otto Paul Hermann Diels won the Chemistry Noble Prize.
Born: 23 January 1876 Hamburg, German Empire.
Died: 7 March 1954 (aged 78) Kiel, West Germany.
Nationality: German.
Education: University of Berlin.
Known as: Diels–Alder reaction Diels–Reese reaction.
Awards: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1950).
Fields: Chemistry.