 1862 - Herbert B. Baker born: effect of water on chemical change; desiccating and poison gases. |
| 1864 - Walther H. Nernst born: third law of thermodynamics; electrochemistry (Nernst equation); Nobel Prize, 1920. |
| 1903 - Marie Curie (née Manya Sklodowska) presented doctoral thesis to Paris faculty of science. The thesis summarized the work for which she woud share the Nobel prize that same year. |
| 1911 - William H. Stein born: enzyme chemistry; Nobel Prize, 1972. |
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