JACOBUS HENRICUS VAN 'T HOFF

1901 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
    in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by the discovery of the laws of chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure in solutions.

Background
  • August 30, 1852 - March 1, 1911
  • Place of Birth: Rotterdam, the Netherlands
  • Died: Steglitz, Germany
  • Affiliation: Berlin University, Germany
  • Biographical highlights:
    • 1869 - Entered Polytechnic University at Delft
    • 1874 - Received Doctor's degree from University of Utrecht
    • 1876 - Appointed Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Geology at University of Amsterdam
    • 1885 - Appointed member of Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences
    • 1896 - Appointed Honorary Professor at Berln University
    • 1901 - Awarded First Nobel Chemistry Prize
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