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Ernest Solvay
Ernest Gaston Joseph Solvay was a Belgian chemist, industrialist and philanthropist.
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business · Belgian chemist, industrialist, philanthropist (1838–1922) · chemist · engineer · politician · philanthropist · industrialist · entrepreneur · social reformer · author · also Ernest Solvay, Ernest Gaston Joseph Solvay, Solvay
Born 16 April 1838 · Died 26 May 1922 · Q311665
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1922· 1 entry
Died 1922-05-26.
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1920· 1 entry
Awarded doctor honoris causa from the University of Nancy (1920).
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1919· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (1919).
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Awarded Grand cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso XII (1919).
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1918· 2 entries
Awarded Minister of State (1918).
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Awarded Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (1918).
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1913· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold (1913).
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1911· 1 entry
Began a series of important conferences in physics, known as the Solvay Conferences, whose participants included Max Planck, Ernest Rutherford, Maria Skłodowska-Curie, Henri Poincaré, and (then only 32 years old) Albe
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1909· 2 entries
Awarded Honorary doctorate from the University of Geneva presented by University of Geneva (1909).
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Won Golden Leibniz Medal (1909).
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1903· 1 entry
Founded the Solvay Business School which is also part of the Free University of Brussels
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1898· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the Université libre de Bruxelles presented by Free University of Brussels (1898).
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1897· 1 entry
Career landmark: Senator of Belgium (1897–1900).
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1894· 1 entry
Of the "Institut des Sciences Sociales" (ISS) or Institute for Sociology at the Free University of Brussels (now split into the Université libre de Bruxelles and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel), as well as International
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1892· 1 entry
Career landmark: Senator of Belgium (1892–1894).
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1879· 1 entry
Awarded Officer of the Order of Leopold (1879).
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1863· 1 entry
And further perfected the process until 1872, when he patented it
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1861· 1 entry
He, along with his brother Alfred Solvay, developed the ammonia-soda process (also known as the Solvay process) for the manufacturing of soda ash (anhydrous sodium carbonate) from brine (as a source of sodium chloride) a
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1838· 1 entry
Born 1838-04-16.
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