Died 1965-10-12.
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Paul Hermann Müller
Paul Hermann Müller, also known as Pauly Mueller, was a Swiss chemist who received the 1948 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine for his 1939 discovery of insecticidal qualities and use of DDT in the control of vector diseases such as malaria and yellow fever.
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science · 20th-century Swiss chemist and Nobel laureate · chemist · physician · also Paul Hermann Müller, Paul Hermann Mueller, Müller
Born 12 January 1899 · Died 12 October 1965 · Q115475
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1965· 2 entries
Müller died in the early morning of 13 October 1965 in Basel, after a short illness, surrounded by family.
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1963· 1 entry
Was invited to Greece and received with great sympathy and celebrated as national hero
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1961· 1 entry
Continuing his research in a home laboratory
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1951· 1 entry
Müller was one of seven Nobel Laureates who attended the 1st Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
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1948· 3 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for his discovery of the high efficiency of DDT as a contact poison against several arthropods.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1948).
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Was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, "for his discovery of the high efficiency of DDT as a contact poison against several arthropods
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1943· 1 entry
That the first practical tests of DDT as a residual insecticide against adult vector mosquitoes were carried out
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1937· 1 entry
Patented a technique for synthesizing novel rhodanide- and cyanate-based compounds which showed bactericide and insecticide activity
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1935· 1 entry
Geigy began research on moth- and plant-protection agents and Müller was specifically interested in plant protection
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1927· 1 entry
Müller married Friedel Rüegsegger in 1927 and had two sons and one daughter.
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1922· 1 entry
Continued his studies in the organic chemistry lab of Hans Rupe
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1919· 1 entry
Studied at University of Basel (1919).
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1918· 1 entry
Obtained his secondary school diploma in 1919 and entered the University of Basel in the same year
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1916· 1 entry
Left school due to bad grades and started to work as a laboratory assistant at Dreyfus
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1899· 1 entry
Born 1899-01-12.
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