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Karl Ziegler

German chemist1898 to 1973

Wikidata names Karl von Auwers as doctoral advisor. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 5 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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Karl von Auwers

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The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

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stated by WikidataKarl von Auwers
2 steps up
stated by WikidataAugust Wilhelm von Hofmann
3 steps up
stated by WikidataJustus von Liebig
4 steps up
stated by WikidataKarl Wilhelm Gottlob Kastner

Education and career8

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1943 to 1969
Max Planck Institute for Coal Research
worked
undated
University of Marburg
studied
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RWTH Aachen University
studied
undated
Goethe University Frankfurt
worked
undated
Heidelberg University
worked
undated
RWTH Aachen University
worked
undated
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
worked
undated
University of Marburg
worked

At a glance

known as: chemist, engineer, university teacher, art collector
fields: inorganic chemistry
degrees: Doctor of Philosophy, 1920
awards: Werner von Siemens Ring, 1960, Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, 1969, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1963, Wilhelm Exner Medal, 1971, Carl Engler Medal, 1958, Liebig Medal, 1935, Hall of Fame of German Research, 2010, Carl Duisberg Plaque, 1953, Lavoisier Medal, 1955, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, 1971, honorary doctor of the University of Giessen, honorary doctor of the Technische Universität Darmstadt, Honorary doctor of the Heidelberg University, War Merit Cross 2nd Class without Swords, 1940
member of: Royal Society of London, from 1971, German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, from 1938, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, North Rhine-Westphalia Academy for Sciences and Arts, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony
Wikipedia: in 63 languages

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Elsewhere7

identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaKarl Ziegler
stated by WikidataWikidataQ76624
stated by WikidataVIAF3275050
stated by WikidataGND119179105
stated by WikidataIdRef085492442
stated by WikidataISNI0000000120986282

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Read on 22 October 2026. A citation names the day the record was read, not a version.

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@misc{academicancestry_Q76624,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Karl Ziegler: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q76624},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Karl Ziegler: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q76624