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Alfred Werner
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<p>Alfred Werner (12 December 1866 – 15 November 1919) was a Swiss <a href="/facts/Chemist/N09K7Bdm">chemist</a> who was a student at <a href="/facts/ETH_Zurich/IxHAFGUU">ETH Zurich</a> and a professor at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Zurich/BXmxTYKh">University of Zurich</a>. He won the <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry/8Nb8Ajjy">Nobel Prize in Chemistry</a> in 1913 for proposing the <a href="/facts/Octahedral_molecular_geometry/bNXLVvks">octahedral</a> configuration of <a href="/facts/Transition_metal/0slGWoLQ">transition metal</a> complexes. Werner developed the basis for modern <a href="/facts/Coordination_chemistry/1tCyeQUm">coordination chemistry</a>. He was the first <a href="/facts/Inorganic_chemistry/ErD6ypnb">inorganic chemist</a> to win the Nobel Prize, and the only one prior to 1973. </p>