Friedrich Bergius – Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry
Nobel Laureate Birthday, October 11.
Friedrich Karl Rudolf Bergius (October 11, 1884 – March 30, 1949), was born in Goldschmieden near Breslau (Wroclaw), within the German Empire’s Prussian Province of Silesia. He was a German chemist known for the Bergius process for producing synthetic fuel from coal. His work, converting wood into sugar, and coal into petrol products.
He was educated at the universities of Breslau, Berlin and Leipzig. His book which was published in 1913, The Use of High Pressure in Chemical Actions, explains his work.
In 1931, Bergius was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (together with Carl Bosch) in recognition of contributions to the invention and development of chemical high-pressure methods.
Bergius was married with two sons and a daughter.
After the war, he took off for Argentina and died in Buenos Aires.
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