About Peter Paetzold
Lived 1935 – 2023 (aged 88). Peter Paetzold was a German chemist and university teacher.
Peter Paetzold (March 16, 1935 – August 17, 2023 ) was a German chemist and emeritus professor of inorganic chemistry at RWTH Aachen University.
Life He studied at LMU Munich. His list of publications includes about 180 papers. Paetzold retired in 2000. In 2015, a scientific colloquium in his honor took place. He was married and had 4 children.
Awards 1998 Alfred Stock Memorial Prize
Selected publications Paetzold, P.: Chemie – Eine Einführung, Walter de Gruyter Berlin und New York, 2009,
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Who was Peter Paetzold?
German chemist (1935–2023)
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Peter Paetzold was born on 16 March 1935 in Plau am See.
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Peter Paetzold died on 17 August 2023 in Aachen.
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Peter Paetzold was a chemist and university teacher.
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Peter Paetzold was German.
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