Alfred Stock

Alfred Stock dies in Aken, East Germany.

Stock becomes Professor Emeritus at the Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe.

Alfred Stock retires from his position at the Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe.

Resigns due to disagreements with Nazi policies.

Publishes extensively on the dangers of mercury poisoning.

Champions improved safety measures in chemical laboratories.

Appointed as a professor at the Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe.

Heads the inorganic department at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute.

Becomes a director at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry.

Pioneers vacuum line techniques for handling air-sensitive compounds.

Successfully synthesizes and characterizes several boron hydrides.

Appointed as a professor at the University of Breslau.

Completes his habilitation at the University of Berlin.

Works as a research assistant under Emil Fischer.

Earns a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Berlin.

Begins studying chemistry at the University of Berlin.

Alfred Stock is born in Danzig, Germany (now Gdańsk, Poland).