Updated Feb 20, 2026
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Birthday
(Friday)
Died
Nationality
Languages
Esperanto, German, Ido
Spouse
Flora Helene* Mathilde Ostwald (von Reyher)
Children
2 children: Walter Ostwald, Wolfgang Ostwald
Parents
Gottfried Ostwald, Elisabeth Ostwald
Education
Imperial University of Dorpat, Riga State Gymnasium No.1
Zodiac Sign
♍ Virgo
Chinese Zodiac
牛 Ox
Name Origin
English < German < Old High German (Willahelm)
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DROPTHE_ GOSSIP
Wilhelm Ostwald: Baltic German chemist (1853–1932).
Born in Riga (died at age 78).
11 awards including Albert Order.
Studied at Imperial University of Dorpat.
AWARDS (11)
B
Albert Order
WON
B
Faraday Lectureship Prize
WON
B
Honorary doctorate from University of Toronto
WON
G
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
WON
Biography
Wilhelm Friedrich Ostwald was a Baltic German chemist and philosopher. Ostwald is credited with being one of the founders of the field of physical chemistry, with Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Walther Nernst and Svante Arrhenius.
He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1909 for his scientific contributions to the fields of catalysis, chemical equilibria and reaction velocities.
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