Vladimir Prelog

Who is this?

Vladimir Prelog (23 July 1906 – 7 January 1998) was a Croatian-Swiss organic chemist who received the 1975 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his research into the stereochemistry of organic molecules and reactions. Prelog was born, and spent his infancy, in Sarajevo, and youth in Zagreb, Osijek and Prague. He later lived and worked in Prague, Zagreb and Zürich.

Career

1. 1906
   Born
2. 1949
   Won Centenary Prize
3. 1963
   Member of German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
4. 1964
   Won Marcel Benoist Prize
5. 1967
   Won August Wilhelm von Hofmann Medal
6. 1967
   Won Davy Medal
7. 1975
   Won Nobel Prize in Chemistry
8. 1981
   Member of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
9. 1998
   Passed away
10. Member of Royal Society

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Sarajevo
• •Citizenship: Austria–Hungary, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
• •Known as: chemist, university teacher, engineer