Karl Ziegler

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Max_Planck_Institute_for_Coal_Research
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Hamburg
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry
Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_Göttingen
Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_Munich
Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_Stuttgart
Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_Karlsruhe
gptkbp:born April 26, 1898
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:contribution Development of synthetic rubber
Polyethylene production
Ziegler-Natta_polymerization_process
gptkbp:died August 12, 1973
gptkbp:field Chemistry
Inorganic chemistry
Materials science
Industrial chemistry
Chemical_engineering
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Karl Ziegler
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:H._G._Khorana
gptkb:Francois_Barre-Sinoussi
gptkb:John_B._Goodenough
gptkb:K._Barry_Sharpless
gptkb:Jean-Marie_Lehn
gptkb:Richard_R._Schrock
gptkb:Ahmed_Zewail
gptkb:Robert_H._Grubbs
gptkb:G._Odian
gptkb:R._B._Merrifield
gptkb:Kary_Mullis
Polymer chemistry
Alfred G. Gilman
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Hermann_Staudinger
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Ziegler-Natta_catalyst
Research in organometallic chemistry
Catalysts for polymerization
gptkbp:nationality German
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Günther_Wilke
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Hamburg,_Germany
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Marl,_Germany
gptkbp:researchFocus Catalysis
Organometallic compounds
Catalytic processes
Reaction mechanisms
Polymer synthesis
Chemical_kinetics
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Margarete_Ziegler