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Born August 30, 1852 • Rotterdam • Netherlands
Died March 1, 1911 (aged 58) • Berlin • Germany
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1901)
Notable Works “Études de Dynamique chimique”
Subjects Of Study chemical equilibrium • osmotic pressure • reaction rate

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