Chemist
Fritz Haber
Worked out how to fix nitrogen from the air, which feeds perhaps half the world, and then personally directed the first gas attacks of the First World War.
Fritz Jakob Haber was a German chemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for his invention of the Haber process, a method used in industry to synthesize ammonia from nitrogen gas and hydrogen gas. This invention is important for the large-scale synthesis of fertilizers and explosives. It is estimated that a third of annual global food production uses ammonia from the Haber-Bosch process, and that this food supports nearly half the world's population. For this work, Haber has been called one of the most important scientists and industrial chemists in human history. Haber also, along with Max Born, proposed the Born-Haber cycle as a method for evaluating the lattice energy of an ionic solid.
- Born
- 1868-12-09, Wroclaw, PolandA Wednesday
- Died
- 1934-01-29, Basel, SwitzerlandA Monday, aged 65
- At birth
- Sun in Sagittarius, Moon in Libra
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1868-12-09, Wroclaw, Poland · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Warsawthe zone used then
Europe/WarsawThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 17°42′ | Direct |
| Moon | Libra | 20°32′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 4°09′ | Direct |
| Venus | Scorpio | 11°44′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 0°56′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 4°28′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 9°18′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Cancer | 16°29′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Aries | 14°35′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Taurus | 15°30′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1934-01-29, Basel, Switzerland · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Zurichthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 8°52′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 25°26′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aquarius | 15°26′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aquarius | 19°40′ | Retrograde |
| Mars | Aquarius | 25°28′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Libra | 23°04′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aquarius | 17°38′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 23°47′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 11°50′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 23°19′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Fritz Haber was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.