Leopold Ružička born as Lavoslav Stjepan Ružička (13 September 1887 – 26 September 1976) was a Swiss-Croatian scientist, winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He received eight honoris causa doctorates in science, medicine, and law; seven prizes and medals; and twenty-four honorary memberships in chemical, biochemical, and other scientific societies.
Ružička was born to Stjepan Ružička and Ljubica Severin in Vukovar, Austria-Hungary, today...
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Leopold Ružička born as Lavoslav Stjepan Ružička (13 September 1887 – 26 September 1976) was a Swiss-Croatian scientist, winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He received eight honoris causa doctorates in science, medicine, and law; seven prizes and medals; and twenty-four honorary memberships in chemical, biochemical, and other scientific societies.
Ružička was born to Stjepan Ružička and Ljubica Severin in Vukovar, Austria-Hungary, today's Croatia. His family of craftsmen and farmers was of Croatian, Czech, and German origin.
Ružička attended the classics-program secondary school in Osijek. He changed his original idea of becoming a priest and switched to studying technical disciplines. Chemistry was his choice, probably because he hoped to get a position at the newly opened sugar refinery built in Osijek.
Due to the excessive hardship of everyday and political life, he left and chose the High Technical School in Karlsruhe in Germany. He was a good student in areas he liked...
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