What was Leopold Ružička's original name?
Lavoslav Stjepan Ružička
Leo Stefan Ružička
Louis Stephan Ružička
Laurent Steve Ružička
Answer
Leopold Ružička was born Lavoslav Stjepan Ružička in Vukovar, Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary (present-day Croatia). He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1939 for his work on carotenoids and essential oils. He was also the first person to synthesize vitamin A.
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