Carl Bosch was a German chemist and engineer and Nobel Laureate in Chemistry. He was a pioneer in the field of high-pressure industrial chemistry and founder of IG Farben, at one point the world's largest chemical company. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1931, announced November 12, 1931. Carl Bosch and Friedrich Bergius, “in recognition of their contributions to the invention and development of chemical high pressure methods”. Carl Bosch: born 1874, Cologne, Germany. Friedrich Bergius: born 1884, Goldschmieden, near Breslau, Germany (now Poland). Wiki link Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).