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Heinrich Otto Wieland

Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1957)

Born
June 4, 1877
Died
August 5, 1957
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1877

About Heinrich Otto Wieland

Heinrich Otto Wieland was a German chemist. He won the 1927 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research into the bile acids. Since 1964, the Heinrich Wieland Prize has been awarded annually. From 2011, it has been awarded by the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation.

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Heinrich Otto Wieland timeline

  1. He won the 1927 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research into the bile acids.
  2. Since 1964, the Heinrich Wieland Prize has been awarded annually.
  3. From 2011, it has been awarded by the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation.

The world when Heinrich Otto Wieland was born

Heinrich Otto Wieland was born in 1877. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineReconstruction ends — federal troops leave the South
  • Technology milestoneThomas Edison invents the phonograph
  • Notable inventionPhonograph — talking machine
  • World population~1.57B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderRutherford B. Hayes
  • U.S. population44.2M

1877 versus 2026

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Measure18772026
Population44.2M341 million

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