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Famous Chemists - Last Names Starting with N

Scientists who Made Important Chemistry Discoveries

By Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D., About.com Guide

Nobel invented dynamite and created the Nobel Foundation.

Nobel invented dynamite and created the Nobel Foundation.

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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

Giulio Natta (1903-1979) Italian chemist, winner of 1963 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

John Ulric Nef (1862-1915) Swiss born-American chemist

Walther H. Nernst (1864-1941) Prussian physical chemist, winner of the 1920 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

John Alexander Reina Newlands (1837-1898) British chemist, Law of octaves

Sir Isaac Newton, (1642–1727)

Paul Niggli (1888-1953) Swiss mineralogist and crystallographer

Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) Inventor of dynamite and creator of the Nobel Foundation.

Walter Noddack (1893-1960), German chemist, discovered rhenium.

Ronald G. W. Norrish (1897-1978), English chemist, winner 1967 Nobel Prize Chemistry

Ryoji Noyori (1938- ) Japanese chemist, winner 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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