Origins & Early Life

Jaroslav Heyrovský (Czech: [ˈjaroslav ˈɦɛjrofskiː] ; 20 December 1890 – 27 March 1967) was a Czech chemist and inventor who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1959 for his invention of polarography. Jaroslav Heyrovský was born in Prague on 20 December 1890, the fifth child of Leopold Heyrovský, Professor of Roman Law at the Charles University in Prague, and his wife Clara, née Hanl von Kirchtreu. He obtained his early education at secondary school until 1909 when he began his study of chemistry, physics, and mathematics at the Charles University in Prague. From 1910 to 1914 he continued his studies at University College London, under Professors Sir William Ramsay, W.

Pivotal Works & Achievements

C. McC. Lewis, and F. G. Donnan, taking his B.Sc.

Enduring Legacy & Impact

degree in 1913. He was particularly interested in working with Professor Donnan, on electrochemistry. During the First World War Heyrovský worked in a military hospital as a dispensing chemist and radiologist, which enabled him to continue his studies and to take his Ph.D. degree in Prague in 1918 and D.Sc. in London in 1921. Heyrovský started his university career as assistant to Professor B.

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