In 1939, Leopold Ružička won the Chemistry Noble Prize.
Born: Lavoslav Stjepan Ružička 13 September 1887, Vukovar, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia within the Kingdom of Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Died: 26 September 1976 (aged 89) Mammern, Switzerland.
Citizen: Austri-Hungary (1887–1917) Switzerland (1917–1976).
Education: Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe.
Known as: Research on Terpenes.
Awards: Marcel Benoist Prize (1938), Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1939), Faraday Lectureship Prize (1958).
Fields: Biochemistry.
