FAQ About Fritz Haber

Fritz Haber was a German chemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for his invention of the Haber-Bosch process, a method of synthesizing ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen gases. This process revolutionized agriculture by providing a means to produce fertilizers on an industrial scale, thereby increasing food production worldwide. Born on December 9, 1868, in Breslau, Prussia (now Wrocław, Poland), Haber also played a controversial role in chemical warfare during World War I.