Definition of Müller, Paul Hermann in English:
Müller, Paul Hermann
proper nounˈmylɐˈmʊləˈmjʊlər
(1899–1965), Swiss chemist. He synthesized DDT in 1939 and soon patented it as an insecticide. Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (1948).
Definition of Müller, Paul Hermann in US English:
Müller, Paul Hermann
proper nounˈmjʊlərˈm(y)o͝olər
(1899–1965), Swiss chemist. He synthesized DDT in 1939 and patented it as an insecticide. It was immediately successful, but was withdrawn by most countries in the 1970s when its environmental persistence and toxicity in higher animals was realized. Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine (1948).