bs ▁Professor ship ▁of ▁The oret ical ▁Chem istry ▁at ▁Y ale ▁University . ▁He ▁was ▁awarded ▁the ▁Nobel ▁Prize ▁in ▁Chem istry ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 8 . ▁ ▁Education ▁and ▁early ▁life ▁ ▁Lars ▁On s ager ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Krist ian ia ▁( now ▁Os lo ), ▁Norway . ▁His ▁father ▁was ▁a ▁lawyer . ▁After ▁comple ting ▁secondary ▁school ▁in ▁Os lo , ▁he ▁attended ▁the ▁Norwegian ▁Institute ▁of ▁Technology ▁( N TH ) ▁in ▁Tr ond heim , ▁gradu ating ▁as ▁a ▁chemical ▁engineer ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 5 . ▁ ▁Career ▁and ▁research ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 5 ▁he ▁arrived ▁at ▁a ▁correction ▁to ▁the ▁Deb ye - H ück el ▁theory ▁of ▁electro ly t ic ▁solutions , ▁to ▁specify ▁Brown ian ▁movement ▁of ▁ ions ▁in ▁solution , ▁and ▁during ▁ 1 9 2 6 ▁published ▁it . ▁He ▁tra ve led ▁to ▁Zürich , ▁where ▁Peter ▁Deb ye ▁was ▁teaching , ▁and ▁confront ed ▁Deb ye , ▁telling ▁him ▁his ▁theory ▁was ▁wrong . ▁He ▁im pressed ▁Deb ye ▁so ▁much ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁invited ▁to ▁become ▁Deb ye ' s ▁assistant ▁at ▁the ▁E id gen ö ss ische ▁Techn ische ▁Hoch schule ▁( ET H ), ▁where ▁he ▁remained ▁until ▁ 1 9 2 8 . ▁ ▁Joh ns ▁Hop kins ▁University ▁Event ually ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 8 ▁he ▁went ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁to ▁take ▁a ▁fac ulty ▁position ▁at ▁the ▁Joh ns ▁Hop kins ▁University