Friedrich Bergius
German chemist (1884–1949)
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German chemist who cracked synthetic fuel from coal via the Bergius process, earning a Nobel Prize for high-pressure chemical methods. His IG Farben ties during WWII made postwar Germany uncomfortable, so he decamped to Argentina as an industry adviser.
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Friedrich Karl Rudolf Bergius was a German chemist known for the Bergius process for producing synthetic fuel from coal, Nobel Prize in Chemistry in recognition of contributions to the invention and development of chemical high-pressure methods. Having worked with IG Farben during World War II, his citizenship came into question following the war, causing him to ultimately flee to Argentina, where he acted as adviser to the Ministry of Industry.
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