Alfred Werner(12 December 1866 – 15 November 1919) was a Swisschemistwho was a student atETH Zurichand a professor at theUniversity of Zurich. He won theNobel Prize in Chemistryin 1913 for proposing theoctahedralconfiguration oftransition metalcomplexes. Werner developed the basis for moderncoordination chemistry. He was the firstinorganic chemistto win the Nobel Prize, and the only one prior to 1973. Fields: Inorganic chemistry