Paul Hermann Müller ( January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 353 days remaining (354 in leap years). Events 1528 - Gustav I of Sweden crowned king of Sweden. 1592 - Titus Andronicus first staged at the Rose Theatre. 1709 - Little Ice Age: Two-month freezing period begins... January 12, 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). Events January January 1 - End of Spanish rule in Cuba. January 1 - Queens and Staten Island merge with New York City. January 3 - The first known use of the word automobile, in an editorial in the New York... 1899 – October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). There are 80 days remaining. Events 1400-1899 1492 - Christopher Columbuss expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean. The explorer believes he has reached East Asia. 1609 - Three Blind Mice published by London... October 12, 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). Events January-February January 4 - United States President Lyndon Johnson proclaims his Great Society during his State of the Union address. January 12 - Bodies of 2 15 year olds Christine Sharrock + Marrine Schmidt found... 1965) was a Swiss A chemist is a scientist who specializes in chemistry. The word derives from the older term alchemist. Also, in British English, the term is used for a pharmacist or a pharmacists shop. See also: List of chemists, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Biography. Categories: Chemistry | Science occupations ... chemist and winner of the 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 1 - Nationalisation of UK railways to form British Railways. Arab militants lay siege to the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. First day of the Italian republican constitution. January 4... 1948 List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physiology or Medicine from 1901 to the present day. 1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s External links http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/index.html Nobel Prize Winners... Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his 1939 discovery of the Insecticide application by crop spraying An insecticide is a pesticide whose purpose is to kill or to prevent the multiplication of insects. Insecticides are very widely used in agriculture, as well as in peoples dwellings and workplaces. The use of insecticides is one of the major causal factors behind... insecticidal properties of DDT was developed as the first of the modern insecticides early in World War II. It was initially used with great effect to combat mosquitoes spreading malaria, typhus, and other insect-borne human diseases among both military and civilian populations. The Swiss chemist Paul Hermann Müller was awarded... DDT.

Müller was born in Olten/Solothurn. After receiving his A doctorate is an academic degree of the highest level. Traditionally, the award of a doctorate implies recognition of the candidate as an equal by the university faculty under which he or she has studied. There are essentially three types of doctorates: research, first-professional (USA only), and honorary. Research... doctorate in 1925 he worked for J.R. Geigy The German term Aktiengesellschaft (abbreviated AG) means a corporation which is limited by shares, i.e., owned by shareholders. It may be traded on the stock market. The term is used in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The legal basis of the AG is, in Germany and Austria, the respective Aktiengesetz... AG in Basel (English traditionally: Basle [ba:l], German: Basel [ba:z@l], French Bâle [ba:l], Italian Basilea [bazilE:a]) is Switzerlands third most populous city (188,000 inhabitants in the canton of Basel-City as of 2004; the 690,000 inhabitants in the conurbation stretching across the... Basel. Here he made his famous discovery in the autumn of 1939.

Müller's Nobel Prize was given "for his discovery of the high efficiency of DDT as a contact poison against several Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - Trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - Spiders, Scorpions, etc. Merostomata - Horseshoe crabs, etc. Pycnogonida - Sea Spiders Subphylum Myriapoda Chilopoda - Centipedes Diplopoda - Millipedes Pauropoda Symphyla Subphylum Hexapoda Insecta - Insects Order Diplura Order Collembola - Springtails Order Protura Subphylum Crustacea Remipedia Cephalocarida Branchiopoda Ostracoda Mystacocarida Copepoda Branchiura Cirripedia... arthropods." This was the first time that the prize in medicine had been given to someone who was not a doctor.

Müller died in Basel (English traditionally: Basle [ba:l], German: Basel [ba:z@l], French Bâle [ba:l], Italian Basilea [bazilE:a]) is Switzerlands third most populous city (188,000 inhabitants in the canton of Basel-City as of 2004; the 690,000 inhabitants in the conurbation stretching across the... Basel in 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). Events January-February January 4 - United States President Lyndon Johnson proclaims his Great Society during his State of the Union address. January 12 - Bodies of 2 15 year olds Christine Sharrock + Marrine Schmidt found... 1965.