Nobel Prize for Chemistry Recipient. Otto Wallach received the 1910 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, according to the Nobel Prize committee, "in recognition of his services to organic chemistry and the chemical industry by his pioneer work in the field of alicyclic compounds." He received five nominations for the Nobel Prize within five years. Although he considered a career as an architect using his artist talent, he studied science at the Universities of Göttingen and Berlin and received his Ph.D. in 1868 from Göttingen. He then accepted a position at the University of Bonn under Kekule, and served a a Red Cross helper during the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 to 1871. He became a professor at Bonn in 1876 and began his research in terpines at that point. In 1889, he moved to Göttingen to accept a professorship and was also named the head of the Chemical Institute, which he held until retirement in 1915. In 1909, his most important textbook, "Terpines and Camphor", was published. He died as the result of two strokes. He has a crater on the Moon named after him, and the faculty of the University of Göttingen awards the Otto Wallach Prize in his honor. He remained a bachelor throughout his life. Besides the Nobel Prize, he received three honorary degrees, the Davey Medal Silver and Gold in 1912, Imperial Order of the Eagle in 1911, and Royal Order of the Crown in 1912.
Nobel Prize for Chemistry Recipient. Otto Wallach received the 1910 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, according to the Nobel Prize committee, "in recognition of his services to organic chemistry and the chemical industry by his pioneer work in the field of alicyclic compounds." He received five nominations for the Nobel Prize within five years. Although he considered a career as an architect using his artist talent, he studied science at the Universities of Göttingen and Berlin and received his Ph.D. in 1868 from Göttingen. He then accepted a position at the University of Bonn under Kekule, and served a a Red Cross helper during the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 to 1871. He became a professor at Bonn in 1876 and began his research in terpines at that point. In 1889, he moved to Göttingen to accept a professorship and was also named the head of the Chemical Institute, which he held until retirement in 1915. In 1909, his most important textbook, "Terpines and Camphor", was published. He died as the result of two strokes. He has a crater on the Moon named after him, and the faculty of the University of Göttingen awards the Otto Wallach Prize in his honor. He remained a bachelor throughout his life. Besides the Nobel Prize, he received three honorary degrees, the Davey Medal Silver and Gold in 1912, Imperial Order of the Eagle in 1911, and Royal Order of the Crown in 1912.
Bio by: Kenneth Gilbert
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