Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (August 30, 1852 - March 1, 1911) was a Dutch physical and organic chemist and the winner of the inaugural Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Final days, awards and legacy

In 1885 he was appointed member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences.

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Other distinctions included the honorary doctorates of Harvard and Yale 1901, Victoria University, Manchester 1903, Heidelberg 1908; the Davy Medal of the Royal Society 1893, Helmholtz Medal of the Prussian Academy of Sciences 1911; he was also appointed Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur 1894, Senator der Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft (1911). Van't Hoff was also honorary member of the British Chemical Society in London, the Royal Academy of Sciences, in Gottingen 1892, American Chemical Society 1898, and the Académie des Sciences, in Paris 1905.

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1901 - 1903 - 1908 - 1893 - 1911 - 1894 - Gottingen - 1892 - 1898 - 1905

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He was indeed a prominent scientist of its time, off the numerous distinctions he himself mentioned the award of the first Nobel Prize in Chemistry to him as the culmination-point of his career.

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Jacobus passed away at the age of 58, on March 1, 1911, at Steglitz near Berlin.

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March 1 - 1911 - Steglitz - Berlin

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