- Born
- May 9, 1927
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Sources- 1.Stated in Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)Retrieved 2015-09-28
- 2.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 3.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in Brockhaus EnzyklopädieRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 5.Stated in Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
- 6.Stated in Proleksis Encyclopedia
- May 9, 1927
- Died
- February 6, 2019
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Sources- 1.“Chemie-Nobelpreisträger Manfred Eigen ist tot”zeit.de/wissen/2019-02/deutscher-chemiker-nobelpreis-manfred-eigen-gestorbenRetrieved 2019-02-07
- 2.Stated in Brockhaus EnzyklopädieRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 3.Stated in Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
- 4.Stated in Croatian Encyclopedia
- 5.Stated in Munzinger PersonenRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-17
- February 6, 2019
- Birthplace
- Bochum
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-12-10
- 2.Stated in Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)Retrieved 2015-09-28
- 3.Stated in Manfred Eigen (1927–2019)
- 4.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-17
- Bochum
- Place of death
- Citizenship
- Occupation
- chemist
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- , physicist
- , university teacher
- +2 more
- chemist
- Education
- Employer
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- Member of
- Royal Society of London(since 1973) subject has role: Foreign Member of the Royal Society
- German Academy of Sciences at Berlin
- German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina(since 1964)
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Sources- 1.“Leopoldina: Detail”leopoldina.org/mitglieder/mitgliederverzeichnis/detail/manfred-eigen/Retrieved 2026-02-06
- French Academy of Sciences(since 1978) subject has role: foreign member
- Pontifical Academy of Sciences(since 1981)
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Sources- 1.“Manfred Eigen”pas.va/en/academicians/deceased/eigen.htmlRetrieved 2026-02-06
- National Academy of Sciences(since 1966) subject has role: International Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1
Sources- 1.“Manfred Eigen – NAS”nasonline.org/directory-entry/manfred-eigen-fbw6zr/Retrieved 2026-02-06
- Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
- Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
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- Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony(since 2017) subject has role: honorary member
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Sources- 1.“Mitglieder: Niedersächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen (NAWG)”adw-goe.de/mitglieder/personendetails/person/manfred-eigen/Retrieved 2026-02-06
- Russian Academy of Sciences(since 1976) subject has role: foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Sources- 1.“Эйген Манфред. | ИС АРАН”isaran.ru/?q=ru/person&guid=C904F1B2-4B05-9B06-0AB9-883F78FC9C4BRetrieved 2026-02-06
- Academy of Sciences of the USSR
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences(since 1990) subject has role: honorary member
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- American Academy of Arts and Sciences(since 1964)
1
Sources- 1.“Manfred Eigen | American Academy of Arts and Sciences”amacad.org/person/manfred-eigenRetrieved 2026-02-06
- European Molecular Biology Organization
- Austrian Academy of Sciences(since 1971) subject has role: honorary member
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- Academia Europaea(since 1989) affiliation: AE section Biochemistry and molecular biology
1
- Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts(since 1992) subject has role: corresponding member
1
Sources- 1.“Eigen Manfred – HAZU”info.hazu.hr/en/clanovi/eigen-manfred/Retrieved 2026-02-06
- Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters(since 1971) subject has role: foreign member
- Awards
- Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
- Lower Saxony Honorary Medal
- Wilhelm Exner Medal(2011)
- Hall of Fame of German Research(2010)
- Gold Goethe medal(2007)
- Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille(1997)
1
Sources- 1.“Preisträger – Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille”rudolf-diesel-medaille.de/preistraeger/Retrieved 2026-06-30
- Helmholtz Medal(1994)
- Max Planck Research Award(1994)
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- Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize(1992)
- Lower Saxony State Prize(1980)
- Faraday Lectureship Prize(1977)
1
Sources- 1.“Faraday open prize: Faraday Lectureship Prize”rsc.org/standards-and-recognition/prizes/research-and-innovation-prizes/faraday-open-prize-faraday-lectureship-prizeRetrieved 2026-06-30
- Austrian Decoration for Science and Art(1976)
- Foreign Member of the Royal Society(May 3, 1973)
1
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry(1967) together with: Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, George Porter · prize money: 160,000 SEK · award rationale: for their studies of extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing the equilibrium by means of very short pulses of energy, för deras undersökningar av ytterst snabba kemiska reaktioner genom jämviktsstörning med kortvariga energipulser
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Sources- 1.Stated in nobelprize.org“The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1967”nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1967/summary/Retrieved 2021-02-05
- 2.“Table showing prize amounts”nobelprize.org/uploads/2019/04/prize-amounts-2020.pdfRetrieved 2021-02-05
- Carus medal(1967)
1
Sources- 1.“Leopoldina: Carus-Medaille”leopoldina.org/aufgaben/exzellenz-ehren/default-74aaffb6ea4522a5e7cf2a87bf6913b0Retrieved 2026-06-30
- Paracelsus Prize(1967)
- Otto Hahn Prize(1962)
1
Sources- 1.“Otto-Hahn-Preis | Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V.”gdch.de/gdch/preise-und-auszeichnungen/gdch-preise/otto-hahn-preis.htmlRetrieved 2026-06-30
- honorary doctor of the University of Bielefeld
- Honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Munich
- Linus Pauling Award(1967)
- Bourke Award(1962) subject named as: M Eigen, J H van der Waals
- Otto Hahn Prize for Chemistry and Physics(1962)
- Nominations
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry(1965)
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- Nobel Prize in Chemistry(1964)
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- Nobel Prize in Chemistry(1963)
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- Nobel Prize in Chemistry(1962)
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- Nobel Prize in Chemistry(1960)
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- Nobel Prize in Chemistry(1965)
- Name in native language
- Manfred Eigen
On other databases
104 identifiers linking Manfred Eigen across the web's reference databases
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- GTAA ID96336
- HAS member ID19000
- Hrvatska enciklopedija ID17244
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- ISNI0000000369213867
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- Libraries Australia ID35059536
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn79018769
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- Mathematics Genealogy Project ID57934
- Munzinger person ID00000011841
- NACSIS-CAT author IDDA00435626
- National Academy of Sciences member ID46717
- National Library of Israel ID (old)000042712
- National Library of Latvia ID000229389
- National Library of Lithuania IDLNB:9AO;=su
- National Library of Poland MMS ID9810697935005606
- National Library of Portugal ID26173
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN IDXX1426176
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- NDL Authority ID00438722
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- Niedersächsische Personen ID1043058257
- NL CR AUT IDjn19981000954
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- NNDB people ID571/000100271
- Nobel Laureate API ID233
- Nobel Prize People Nomination ID13019
- NSK (VIAF) ID000080972
- NSK ID981005675374409366
- NUKAT IDn95208176
- Obálky knih IDjn19981000954
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3896845
- Our Campaigns candidate ID184436
- Oxford Reference overview ID20110803095744460
- Parsifal cluster ID292495
- PAS member IDdeceased/eigen
- Prabook ID250827
- Proleksis enciklopedija ID19308
- PUG authority ID202452
- Quora topic IDManfred-Eigen
- RERO ID (legacy)A003212152
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