Wolfgang Ostwald

Wolfgang Ostwald
Birthdate:	May 27, 1883
Birthplace:	Riga, Latvia
Death:	November 22, 1943 (60) Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland (Germany)
Immediate Family:	Son of Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1909 and Flora Helene* Mathilde Ostwald Husband of Pia Margarethe Sophie Ostwald Brother of Grete Ostwald; Elisabeth Ostwald; Walter Ostwald and Carl* Otto Ostwald
Occupation:	German chemist and biologist

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Last Updated:	April 28, 2022

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Carl Wilhelm Wolfgang Ostwald (May 27, 1883 - November 22, 1943) was a German chemist and biologist researching colloids.

Ostwald was born in Riga, the son of the 1909 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Wilhelm Ostwald, and died in Dresden.

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1883	May 27, 1883	Birth of Wolfgang Ostwald Riga, Latvia
1943	November 22, 1943 Age 60	Death of Wolfgang Ostwald Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland (Germany)

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