Karl Waldemar Ziegler (November 26, 1898 – August 12, 1973) wis a German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1963, wi Giulio Natta, for wirk on polymers.


Karl Waldemar Ziegler
Karl Ziegler
BornNovember 26, 1898
Helsa near Kassel, German Empire
Dee'd12 August 1973(1973-08-12) (aged 74)
Mülheim, Wast Germany
NaitionalityGermany
Alma materVarsity o Marburg
Kent forZiegler–Natta catalyst
AwairdsLiebig Medal (1935),
War Merit Cross 2nt Class (1940),
Werner von Siemens Ring (1961),
Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1963)
Scientific career
FieldsOrganic chemistry
InstitutionsAachen Varsity o Technology
Max Planck Institute für Kohlenforschung
Doctoral advisorKarl von Auwers