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Irene Caroline Diner Koenigsberger

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Irene Caroline Diner Koenigsberger · Civil Rights & Human Rights

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A distinguished chemist credited with discovering the molecular structure of rubber, Irene Caroline Koenigsberger refused to patent her work, making her discovery available to all.

When

21 September 1896

Biography

Irene Caroline Diner Koenigsberger is recognized among Jewish contributors to Civil Rights & Human Rights — A distinguished chemist credited with discovering the molecular structure of rubber, Irene Caroline Koenigsberger refused to patent her work, making her discovery available to all.

How & why

A distinguished chemist credited with discovering the molecular structure of rubber, Irene Caroline Koenigsberger refused to patent her work, making her discovery available to all. That is how the Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women, the scholarly reference published by the Jewish Women's Archive, opens its entry on her, written by David Alan Rego, and the entry is linked below.

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Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — David Alan Rego

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A distinguished chemist credited with discovering the molecular structure of rubber, Irene Caroline Koenigsberger refused to patent her work, making her discovery available to all.

1896

Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — David Alan Rego