During the late 19th century a number of prominent chemists and industrialists lived in Widnes.

He is a prominent Israeli chemist and neurobiologist.

Glenn T. Seaborg, chemist prominent in the discovery of several transuranic elements.

Werner Kutzelnigg, born on September 10, 1933 in Vienna, Austria, is a prominent theoretical chemist.

Many prominent Russian chemists began their career and/or worked there.

From the 1850s until his death, Kekule was one of the most prominent chemists in Europe, especially in theoretical chemistry.

He was asked to do this as one of the most prominent chemists of his time, and his report on the subject afterwards had extremely far-reaching influences.

After the war, Barton returned to Fredericksburg, where he began practicing chemistry, eventually becoming one of the most prominent chemists in the United States.

He began his career as a clerk for his father, a prominent commercial chemist.

The lecture is normally awarded annually to a prominent chemist from a European country.