HABER, FRITZ


Meaning of HABER, FRITZ in English

born Dec. 9, 1868, Breslau, Silesia, Prussia

died Jan. 29, 1934, Basel, Switz.

German physical chemist.

After early research in electrochemistry and thermodynamics, he developed, with his brother-in-law Carl Bosch (1874–1940), the Haber-Bosch process for making ammonia. Intensely patriotic, he directed Germany's World War I chemical-warfare efforts, under which poison gas was introduced. His versatility and his wide-ranging and important work brought him fame and honour, and he was awarded a 1918 Nobel Prize. In 1933 the Nazi Party's anti-Semitic policies led him to resign as head (since 1911) of the Kaiser-Wilhelm Institute.

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