Jaroslav Heyrovský

Jaroslav Heyrovský
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Born(1890-12-20)20 December 1890
Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
Died27 March 1967(1967-03-27) (aged 76)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
EducationCharles University (PhD)
University College London (BSc, DSc)
Known forInventing polarography
AwardsNobel Prize in Chemistry (1959)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
Doctoral advisorFrederick G. Donnan
William Ramsay

Jaroslav Heyrovský (Czech: [ˈjaroslav ˈɦɛjrofskiː] ⓘ; 20 December 1890 – 27 March 1967) was a Czech chemist and inventor who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1959 for his invention of polarography.

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