Carl Bosch (1874-1940)

Awarded the Prize “in recognition of his contributions to the invention development of chemical high pressure methods.”

German industrial chemist. He was born in Cologne, Germany on August 27, 1874. Bosch was trained as both metallurgist chemist at the Technische Hochschule in Charlottenburg gained his doctorate at Leipzig (1898). He joined Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (BASF) in 1899. Bosch was a chairman of BASF’s successor, IG Farben (1935-40) concurrently Director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institutes. Bosch was appointed Managing Director of the Badische Anilin- und Sodafabrik in 1919 in 1925 was made Principal of the I.G. Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, which was created by the merger of the German coal-tar dye works. In 1935 Bosch was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of the I.G. Farbenindustrie A.G. Bosch died in Heidelberg on April 26, 1940.