Alfred Werner Scientist

Alfred Werner (12 December 1866 - 15 November 1919) was a Swiss chemist who was a student at ETH Zurich and a professor at the University of Zurich. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1913 for proposing the octahedral configuration of transition metal complexes. Werner developed the basis for modern coordination chemistry. He was the first inorganic chemist to win the Nobel prize, and the only one prior to 1973.

Personal facts

Birth date	December 12, 1866
Birth place	Alsace , Mulhouse
Nationality	Switzerland
Date of death	November 15, 1919
Place of death	Switzerland , Zürich
Education	University of Zurich ETH Zurich
Known for	Transition metal