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Richard Willstätter

August 13, 1872 – August 3, 1942

German chemist (1872–1942)

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Richard Martin Willstätter FRS(For) HFRSE was a German organic chemist whose study of the structure of plant pigments, chlorophyll included, won him the 1915 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

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  • Birthday · August 13
  • Anniversary · August 3

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