23.03.2019
138 years ago: Hermann Staudinger was born
Hermann Staudinger, "Pioneer of Polymer Research" and "Founder of Polymer Chemistry", was a quarrelsome man from a scientific as well as a political point of view. On March 23, 1881, 138 years ago, the chemist and Nobel Prize winner was born in Worms/Germany.
Read more about "The Life of Hermann Staudinger" in our four-part series on the "Father of Polymer Chemistry":
Part 1: The years 1881-1919
Part 2: The years 1920-1932
Part 3: The years 1933-1945
Part 4: The years 1945-1965