Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (August 30, 1852 - March 1, 1911) was a Dutch physical and organic chemist and the winner of the inaugural Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Picture of Van t Hoff This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years or less. ... August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (243rd in leap years), with 123 days remaining. ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1911 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland) is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden). ... Physical chemistry is the study of the physical basis of chemical systems and processes. ... Organic chemistry is the scientific study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and synthesis of organic compounds. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to the present day. ...

He was born in Rotterdam, the son of a medical doctor. From a young age he was interested in science, and against the wishes of his father he went to study chemistry, first at the Delft Polytechnical Institute, then at the University of Leiden, then to Bonn, Germany (where he studied with Friedrich Kekulé), then Paris (where he studied with C. A. Wurtz), and finally receiving his doctorate at the University of Utrecht in 1874. Rotterdam Rotterdam is the second largest city in the Netherlands (after Amsterdam), located in the province of South Holland. ... See drugs, medication, and pharmacology for substances that are used to treat patients. ... -1... Founded in 1842, the Delft University of Technology, in Delft, the Netherlands, is one of the oldest, largest, and most comprehensive technical universities in the Netherlands, with over 13,000 students and 2,100 scientists (including 200 professors). ... Leiden University in the city of Leiden, is the oldest still existing and most famous university in the Netherlands. ... Bonn is a city in Germany (Population (2004 est): 313,605 ; the 19th largest city in Germany), in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, located about 20 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine. ... Kekulé von Stradonitz Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz ( September 7, 1829 – July 13, 1896) was a German organic chemist. ... Charles Adolphe Wurtz (November 26, 1817 _ May 10, 1884) was a French chemist. ... Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ... Utrecht University (Universiteit Utrecht in Dutch) is a university in Utrecht, The Netherlands. ... Events January - April January 1 - New York City annexes The Bronx January 23 - Marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh, second son of Queen Victoria, to Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia, only daughter of Emperor Alexander III of Russia. ...

Before receiving his doctorate, Van 't Hoff had already published the first of his important contributions to organic chemistry. He accounted for the phenomenon of optical activity by assuming that the chemical bonds between carbon atoms and their neighbors were directed towards the corners of a regular tetrahedron. This three-dimensional structure perfectly accounted for the isomers found in nature. He shares credit for this idea with the French chemist Joseph LeBel, who independently came up with the same idea. Organic chemistry is the scientific study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and synthesis of organic compounds. ... When polarized light is passed through a substance containing chiral molecules (or nonchiral molecules arranged asymmetrically), the direction of polarization can be changed. ... In chemistry, a chemical bond is the force which holds together atoms in molecules or crystals. ... General Name, Symbol, Number Carbon, C, 6 Chemical series Nonmetals Group, Period, Block 14 (IVA), 2, p Density, Hardness 2267 kg/m3 0. ... Properties For alternative meanings see atom (disambiguation). ... A tetrahedron (plural: tetrahedra) is a polyhedron composed of four triangular faces, three of which meet at each vertex. ... In chemistry, isomers are molecules with the same chemical formula and often with the same kinds of bonds between atoms, but in which the atoms are arranged differently. ... The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ...

Van 't Hoff became a lecturer in chemistry and physics at the Veterinary College in Utrecht. Eventually he moved to the chairmanship of the chemistry department at the University of Amsterdam, finishing his career at the University of Berlin from 1896 to 1911. In 1901 he received the first Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work with solutions. This can generally be summarized by stating that very dilute solutions follow mathematical laws that closely resemble the laws describing the behavior of gases. Veterinary medicine is the application of medical diagnostic and therapeutic principles to companion, domestic, exotic, wildlife, and production animals. ... Utrecht is a municipality and the capital city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. ... From Athenaeum Illustre to University In January 1632 two internationally acclaimed scientists, Caspar Barlaeus and Gerardus Vossius, held their inaugural speech in the Athenaeum Illustre - the illustrious school - which had its seat in the 14th-century Agnietenkapel. ... There is no institution called the University of Berlin, but there are four universities in Berlin, Germany: Humboldt University of Berlin (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) Technical University of Berlin (Technische Universität Berlin) Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin) Berlin University of the Arts (Universität der Künste Berlin) This is... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1911 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... This article or section should be merged with solvent, soluble, and solubility equilibrium Dissolving table salt in water In chemistry, a solution is one or more substance (the solute) dissolved in another substance (the solvent) forming a homogenous mixture. ... Gas (actually as, part of the Gnu Binutils package) is the default Gcc Back-end. ...

He died at Steglitz, Germany.