Science · 1933–2021
Richard Ernst — Age, Birthday & Biography
Born: 14 August 1933 · Died: 4 June 2021 · Age at death: 87
How old was Richard Ernst when he died?
Richard Ernst died aged 87. He was born on 14 August 1933 and died on 4 June 2021.
Swiss chemist who won a Nobel Prize for developing NMR spectroscopy
Did you know?He was a passionate collector of Tibetan art and amassed one of the world's most significant private collections of traditional paintings.
Richard Robert Ernst (14 August 1933 – 4 June 2021) was a Swiss physical chemist and Nobel laureate. Ernst was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1991 for his contributions towards the development of Fourier transform nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy while at Varian Associates and ETH Zurich.
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- Age at death
- 87
- Would be
- 93
- Years since death
- 5
- Born
- August 14, 1933 · Winterthur, Switzerland
- Died
- June 4, 2021
- Nationality
- Swiss
- Known for
- Science
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