Fritz Haber, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Fritz Haber

German chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize

Date of Birth: 09-Dec-1868

Place of Birth: Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 29-Jan-1934

Profession: engineer, physicist, chemist, university teacher, academic

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Fritz Haber (German: ['ha?b?]; 9 December 1868 – 29 January 1934) was a German chemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for his invention of the Haber–Bosch process, a method used in industry to synthesize ammonia from nitrogen gas and hydrogen gas.
This invention is of importance for the large-scale synthesis of fertilizers and explosives.
The food production for half the world's current population involves this method for producing nitrogen fertilizers.
Haber, along with Max Born, proposed the Born–Haber cycle as a method for evaluating the lattice energy of an ionic solid. Haber is also considered the "father of chemical warfare" for his years of pioneering work developing and weaponizing chlorine and other poisonous gases during World War I, especially his actions during the Second Battle of Ypres.