Fritz haber

Fritz Haber

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  • Date of Birth

    Date of Birth

    Fritz Haber was born on December 9th in 1868 in Breslau, Kingdom of Prussia (present day Wroclaw, Poland)
  • Education

    Education

    Began studies at the University of Berlin and transferred to Heidelberg after a one semester at Berlin.
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  • Doctorate

    Doctorate

    Received his doctorate from the University of Berlin for his work with Liebermann.
  • Marriage

    Marriage

    Fritz Haber married Clara Immerwahr four years after she had converted him to Christianity.
  • Child #1

    Child #1

    Fritz and Clara had their second child, Hermann Haber in June of 1902 in Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany.
  • Professional Job

    Professional Job

    Became a full professor at the Charlottenburg Technische Hochschule in Berlin.
  • Promotion

    Promotion

    Was assigned as director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry in Berlin.
  • WW1 2nd Battle of Ypres

    WW1 2nd Battle of Ypres

    Supervised the first large-scale use of chemical weapons during World War I at the Second Battle of Ypres.
  • Nobel Prize

    Nobel Prize

    Received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the invention of the Haber process (has greatly enhanced agricultural productivity through the production of synthetic fertilizers. By converting atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia)
  • Child #2

    Child #2

    Fritz and Clara had their first child, Ludwig F. Haber in Berlin.
  • Date of Death

    Date of Death

    Died of heart failure in Basel, Switzerland. His work continues to influence modern agriculture and industry, despite the ethical implications of his contributions