Alfred Werner (December 12, 1866 - November 15, 1919) was a Swiss chemist who was 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 in fact the only one prior to 1973. He was born in 1866 in Mulhouse, Alsace (which was then part of France, … Wikipedia
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By considerably expanding and modifying the former concept of valence, Werner both illuminated the area concerned and opened up new paths for research. www.angelfire.com/ms3/my-page/www/press-werner.html
Alfred Werner Biography Alfred Werner , son of factory foreman J.A. Werner and his wife Jeanne, ne Tesche, was born on December 12, 1866, at Mlhausen in Alsace, where he went to school. www.angelfire.com/ultra2/ghbdtn/2/werner-bio.html