Biography of Georg Wittig

Georg Wittig (* 16. June 1897 in Berlin; † 26. August 1987 in Heidelberg) was a deutscher Chemiker, Nobelpreis für Chemie 1979. He was 90 years old. His education included University of Tübingen and University of Marburg. He worked at University of Tübingen, University of Freiburg, Heidelberg University, TU Braunschweig and University of Marburg. He received 9 awards, including Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Nobel Prize in Chemistry.