Paul Karrer
1889-1971
Swiss chemist who won the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1937 for determining the three-dimensional structures of numerous organic (carbon-containing) compounds. Karrer was the fir...
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Paul Karrer's long and distinguished career in chemistry included the study of sugars and plant pigments, subjects that led him to the description and synthesis of vitamin A as well as several other v...
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Paul Karrer's long and distinguished career in chemistry included the study of sugars and plant pigments , subjects that led him to the description and synthesis of vitamin A as well as several other ...
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Paul Karrer was born in Moscow, Russia, on April 21, 1889, the son of Julie Lerch Karrer and Paul Karrer, a Swiss dentist who was practicing in Russia. At three years of age Karrer and his family retu...
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Paul Karrer
Paul Karrer
Paul Karrer
Paul Karrer