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Famous Chemists - Last Names Starting with E

Scientists who Made Important Chemistry Discoveries

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This is an alphabetical list of famous chemists and other scientists who made important contributions to the field of chemistry.

Index of Famous Chemists

George Eastman (1854-1932) American chemist and inventor.

Gerald Maurice Edelman (1929- ) American physical chemist, winner of 1972 Nobel Prize in Medicine

Paul Ehrlich (1854–1915), famous German chemist, winner of the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Arthur Eichengrün (1867–1949)

Manfred Eigen (born 1927), German chemist, winner of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Mostafa El-Sayed, Egyptian-American physical chemist

Conrad Arnold Elvehjem (1901-1962) American biochemist

Fausto Elhuyar (1755–1833), Spanish chemist, co-discoverer of tungsten

Juan José Elhuyar (1754-1796) Spanish chemist, co-discoverer of tungsten

Emil Erlenmeyer (1825–1909), German chemist

Richard R. Ernst (born 1933), 1991 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Gerhard Ertl (1936- ), German physical chemist, 2007 Nobel prize in chemistry

Hans von Euler-Chelpin (1873–1964), Swedish chemist, winner of the 1929 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Henry Eyring (1901–1981), Mexican-American theoretical chemist

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