Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Fritz Haber Biography and Timeline

Follow Fritz Haber through 2 dated historical records for Germany.

Fritz Haber, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

2Distinct records
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1915–1918Years on this page

1915

Poison Gas

Colonel · German Gas Officer · Ypres · Warfare / World War, 1st

Haber helps prepare chlorine gas use at Ypres.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1915-1915

1918

Nobel Prize

Chemist · Stockholm · Science / Chemistry

Receives the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing the synthesis of ammonia from its elements, a process of major importance to industrial chemistry.

Records, sources and methodology

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