About Hildegard Hess
Lived 1920 – 2014 (aged 93–94). Hildegard Hess was a German chemist.
Hildegard Hess (born 1920 in Berlin-Britz, died 23 July 2014) was a German chemist. She was the first woman to become a Handelschemiker (professional consultant industrial chemist) and to direct an independent testing laboratory in Berlin, if not in all of Germany.
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Who was Hildegard Hess?
German chemist
When was Hildegard Hess born?
Hildegard Hess was born in 1920 in Britz.
When did Hildegard Hess die?
Hildegard Hess died in 2014 in Berlin.
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Hildegard Hess was a chemist.
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Hildegard Hess was German.
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