Talk:Richard Kuhn

Virgen de Guadalupe
Popular versions of the story of the miraculous origin of the "Virgen de Guadalupe" state that Richard Kuhn found that the colors in the image had no determinable natural origin. This staement is repeated often in various forms. There appears to be no evidence that Richard Kuhn ever studied the painting or made such a statement. It would be useful if someone knowledgeable of Kuhn's life & work could comment. The references to Kuhn in the "Virgen" literature probably exceed all the scholarly references. 58.175.208.118 (talk) 11:21, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

nobel prize
If his "fuhrer" prevented him from getting his Nobel Prize, and in the intervening years it turned out what a Nazi scumbag he was, shouldn't the Nobel committee have told him that he wouldn;t be getting it after all? Acmthompson (talk) 13:28, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

A Nobel Prize in an area of science is given, or should be given, for scientific achievements, not for the person's political views. Regardless, the actions of Germans under such a dictatorial regime should not be judged from the benefit of hindsight. (Unsigned)

"He was subsequently awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1938 for his 'work on carotenoids and vitamins,' but rejected the prize as Hitler had forbidden German citizens to accept it. […] He received the award after World War II." According to List of Nobel laureates in Chemistry, he received the medal and the diploma after the war, but not the money. If true, shouldn't it be mentioned here too ? I would have thought that the award meant not only the title, medal and diploma but also the money that went with them. — Tonymec (talk) 23:13, 9 October 2023 (UTC)