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Fritz Haber Biography

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Fritz Haber (1868 - 1934)

Fritz Haber (1868 - 1934)

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Fritz Haber:

Fritz Haber was a German chemist and Nobel laureate.

Birth:

December 9, 1868 in Breslau, Prussia (Wroclaw, Poland today)

Death:

January 29, 1934 in Basel, Switzerland

Claim to Fame:

Haber was awarded the 1918 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his nitrogen fixing method of creating ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen. He is also considered the father of chemical warfare.

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