Wolfgang Ostwald

Carl Wilhelm Wolfgang Ostwald (27 May 1883 – 22 November 1943)^[1] was a German chemist and biologist researching colloids.^[2][3]

Wolfgang Ostwald
Born	27 May 1883 Riga, Russian Empire
Died	22 November 1943(1943-11-22) (aged 60) Dresden
Nationality	Baltic German
Known for	colloids
Scientific career
Fields	chemistry

Ostwald was born in Riga, the son of the 1909 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Wilhelm Ostwald,^[4] and died in Dresden.

Books

• Grundriß der Kolloidchemie (Basics of colloid chemistry, 1909)
• Die Welt der vernachlässigten Dimensionen (The world of neglected dimensions, 1914)

References

1. Cruz, Izquierdo Sañudo María; Fernando, Peral Fernández; Ángeles, De La Plaza Pérez; Dolores, Troitiño Núñez Mª (2013-12-10). Evolución histórica de los principios de la química (in Spanish). Editorial UNED. ISBN 9788436268188.
2. Hauser, Ernst A. (January 1955). "The history of colloid science: In memory of Wolfgang Ostwald". Journal of Chemical Education. 32 (1): 2. doi:10.1021/ed032p2.
3. Findlay, Alexander (31 December 1919). "An Introduction to Theoretical and Applied Colloid Chemistry: The World of Neglected Dimensions. By Dr. Wolfgang Ostwald, Privatdozent in the University of Leipsic. Authorised translation from the German by Dr. M. H. Fischer, Eichberg Professor of Physiology in the University of Cincinnati. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd. 1917.) Price: 11s. 6d. net". Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry. 38 (24): 485–486. doi:10.1002/jctb.5000382403.
4. Oesper, Ralph E. (1 June 1945). "Wolfgang Ostwald (1883-1943)". Journal of Chemical Education. 22 (6): 263. doi:10.1021/ed022p263. ISSN 0021-9584. Retrieved 29 August 2020.

See also

• List of Baltic German scientists