1872–1942
Richard Willstätter
German chemist
69years old at death
25,556days lived
50%of the people on this site died younger
Richard Willstätter was born on 13 August 1872 and died on 3 August 1942, aged 69 years and 355 days. That is 25,556 days in all.
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