Paracelsus Prize
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Paracelsus Medal of Switzerland. Chem. Gesellschaft , created in 1940 by Werner F. Kunz on the 500th anniversary of Paracelsus' death
The Paracelsus Prize is a prize from the Swiss Chemical Society for outstanding chemists of international status. It emerged from the Paracelsus Medal, which had existed since 1940.
It is awarded every two years and is endowed with 20,000 Swiss francs and a gold medal. The price is named after Paracelsus .
Award winners
- Paracelsus Medal
- 1941: Robert Robinson
- 1953: Otto Hahn
- 1955: Raymond Marie Florent Delaby
- 1958: Friedrich Fichter
- 1959: Hans Meerwein
- 1964: Christopher Kelk Ingold
- 1967: Manfred Eigen
- 1971: John Monteath Robertson
- 1976: Emile Cherbuliez , Gerold Schwarzenbach , Vladimir Prelog
- Paracelsus Prize
- 1982: Jean-Marie Lehn
- 1984: Elias James Corey
- 1986: Jack D. Dunitz
- 1988: Frank Westheimer
- 1990: Ronald Breslow
- 1992: Jack Halpern
- 1994: Frank Albert Cotton
- 1996: Jack Lewis, Baron Lewis of Newnham
- 1999: Albert Eschenmoser
- 2002: Martin Quack
- 2004: George M. Whitesides
- 2006: Jack Baldwin
- 2008: Ben Feringa
- 2010: Steven Ley
- 2012: Bernd Giese
- 2014: Richard R. Schrock
- 2016: Michael Grätzel
- 2018: Ruedi Aebersold
- 2020: Scott E. Denmark