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Alfred Stock
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<p>Alfred Stock (July 16, 1876 – August 12, 1946) was a German <a href="/facts/Inorganic_chemistry/ErD6ypnb">inorganic</a> <a href="/facts/List_of_chemists/bjVcdGJD">chemist</a>. He did pioneering research on the <a href="/facts/Hydride/v2rlBGMg">hydrides</a> of <a href="/facts/Boron/Pmwgd7Mf">boron</a> and <a href="/facts/Silicon/cgWx0hdr">silicon</a>, <a href="/facts/Complex_(chemistry)/1tCyeQUm">coordination chemistry</a>, <a href="/facts/Mercury_(element)/WlxfoHva">mercury</a>, and <a href="/facts/Mercury_poisoning/xdSGkWLU">mercury poisoning</a>. The <a href="/facts/German_Chemical_Society/Jn2DuBo6">German Chemical Society</a>'s Alfred-Stock Memorial Prize is named after him. </p>