Hermann Staudinger was a German organic chemist who demonstrated the existence of macromolecules, which he characterized as polymers. For this work he received the 1953 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1953, announced November 4, 1953. Hermann Staudinger, “for his discoveries in the field of macromolecular chemistry”. Hermann Staudinger: born 1881, Worms, Germany. Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).