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Wilhelm Ostwald

Born on August 21, 1853

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Wilhelm Friedrich Ostwald (German:; 2 September 1853 – 4 April 1932) 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.

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