Nobel Prize in Chemistry Recipient. Richard Zsigmondy received international notoriety receiving the 1925 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, "for his demonstration of the heterogenous nature of colloid solutions and for the methods he used, which have since become fundamental in modern colloid chemistry." Receiving eleven nominations for the coveted award, he was unable to attend until the 1926 Nobel Prize presentation ceremony. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Munich, Germany in 1889. In 1897, he started working at the Schott Glass Factory, where he started his research on his most notable work, colloidal gold, which is present in red Ruby glass and discovered a water suspension of that gold. Zsigmondy theorized that much could be discovered about the colloidal state from studying the manner of how particles scattered into light. He left Schott Glass in 1900. Joining with Heinrich Siedentopf of Zeiss, he introduced an idea in 1902 that led to the ultramicroscope, which makes it possible to observe very small particles by illuminating the preparation being studied in a direction that is perpendicular to the viewing angle. He married twice and had two daughters by his first wife. His son-in-law, Dr. Erich Huckel, who was also one of his co-workers, contributed to Zsigmondy’s 225-page collection of papers, “Colloid Research in Individual Representations ,” which was published in 1925.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Recipient. Richard Zsigmondy received international notoriety receiving the 1925 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, "for his demonstration of the heterogenous nature of colloid solutions and for the methods he used, which have since become fundamental in modern colloid chemistry." Receiving eleven nominations for the coveted award, he was unable to attend until the 1926 Nobel Prize presentation ceremony. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Munich, Germany in 1889. In 1897, he started working at the Schott Glass Factory, where he started his research on his most notable work, colloidal gold, which is present in red Ruby glass and discovered a water suspension of that gold. Zsigmondy theorized that much could be discovered about the colloidal state from studying the manner of how particles scattered into light. He left Schott Glass in 1900. Joining with Heinrich Siedentopf of Zeiss, he introduced an idea in 1902 that led to the ultramicroscope, which makes it possible to observe very small particles by illuminating the preparation being studied in a direction that is perpendicular to the viewing angle. He married twice and had two daughters by his first wife. His son-in-law, Dr. Erich Huckel, who was also one of his co-workers, contributed to Zsigmondy’s 225-page collection of papers, “Colloid Research in Individual Representations ,” which was published in 1925.
Bio by: Tracy Rademacher
Family Members
Advertisement
See more Zsigmondy memorials in:
Records on Ancestry
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
