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Famous Chemists - Last Names Starting with K

Scientists who Made Important Chemistry Discoveries

By Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D., About.com

This is an alphabetical list of famous chemists and other scientists who made important contributions to the field of chemistry.

Index of Famous Chemists

  • Paul Karrer, (1889–1971), 1937 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  • Karl Wilhelm Gottlob Kastner (1783–1857)
  • Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, (1829–1896), German organic chemist
  • Emil Knoevenagel, (1865–1921)
  • Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe, (1818–1884)
  • Izaak Kolthoff, (1894–1993) Father of Analytical Chemistry
  • Aleksandra Kornhauser, (born 1926), chemist
  • Harold Kroto, (born 1939), English chemist, 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  • Richard Kuhn (1900–1967), 1938 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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