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Wolfgang Ostwald

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Nationality
  
Baltic German

Name
  
Wolfgang Ostwald

Parents
  
Wilhelm Ostwald

Known for
  
colloids

Role
  
Chemist

Fields
  
Chemistry


Died
  
November 22, 1943, Dresden, Germany

Grandparents
  
Elisabeth Leuckel, Gottfried Wilhelm Ostwald

Carl Wilhelm Wolfgang Ostwald (May 27, 1883 - November 22, 1943) was a German chemist and biologist researching colloids.

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

Works

  • Grundris der Kolloidchemie (Basics of colloid chemistry, 1909)
  • Die Welt der vernachlassigten Dimensionen (The world of neglected dimensions, 1914)
  • References

    Wolfgang Ostwald Wikipedia