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Haldor Topsøe

Danish chemical engineer (1913-2013) · Denmark · On the map · Scientists · Died at 99

Haldor Frederik Axel Topsøe was a Danish engineer and founder and chairman of the catalysis company Haldor Topsøe. He was grandson of the chemist and crystallographer Haldor Topsøe (1842-1935), after whom he is named.

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2013Died20 May 20132008Grand Cross of the Order of the DannebrogAward1991Hoover MedalAward1969Honorary Doctor of the Technical University of DenmarkAward1968Honorary Doctor of the Aarhus UniversityAward1965Knight of the Order of the DannebrogAward1913Born24 May 1913

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Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog2008
Hoover Medal1991
Honorary Doctor of the Technical University of Denmark1969
Honorary Doctor of the Aarhus University1968
Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog1965

About this person

Country
Denmark
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1913 to 2013 · aged 99