Ludwig fritz haber biography timeline

German chemist (1868–1934)

Fritz Haber (German:[ˈfʁɪt͡sˈhaːbɐ]^ⓘ; 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 process, a method used in industry to synthesize ammonia from nitrogen gas and hydrogen gas.

This invention is important for the large-scale synthesis of fertilizers and explosives.^[4] It is estimated that a third of annual global food production uses ammonia from the Haber–Bosch process, and that this food supports nearly half the world's population.^[5][6] For this work, Haber has been called one of the most important scientists and industrial chemists in human history.^[7][8][9] Haber also, along with Max Born, proposed the Born–Haber cycle as a method for evaluating the lattice energy of an ionic solid.

Haber, a known German nationalist, is also considered the "father of chemical warfare" for h