Richard Willstätter
Richard Willstätter | |
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| Born | Richard Martin Willstätter 13 August 1872 |
| Died | 3 August 1942 (aged 69) |
| Nationality | Germany |
| Alma mater | University of Munich |
| Known for | Organic chemistry |
| Spouse(s) | Sophie Leser (1903-1908; her death; 2 children)[1] |
| Awards | Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1915) Faraday Lectureship Prize (1927) Davy Medal (1932) Willard Gibbs Award (1933) Fellow of the Royal Society[2] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physical chemistry |
| Institutions | University of Munich ETH Zürich University of Berlin Kaiser Wilhelm Institute |
| Doctoral advisor | Alfred Einhorn, Adolf von Baeyer[source?] |
Richard Martin Willstätter, ForMemRS[2] (13 August 1872 – 3 August 1942) was a German organic chemist. Her study of the structure of plant pigments, chlorophyll. It won him the 1915 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.[3][4]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1915/willstatter.html
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Robinson, R. (1953). "Richard Willstätter. 1872-1942". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 8 (22): 609–626. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1953.0021. JSTOR 769233. S2CID 179018162.
- ↑ Allen, W. A.; Gausman, H. W.; Richardson, A. J. (1973). "Willstätter-Stoll Theory of Leaf Reflectance Evaluated by Ray Tracing". Applied Optics. 12 (10): 2448–2453. Bibcode:1973ApOpt..12.2448A. doi:10.1364/AO.12.002448. PMID 20125799.
- ↑ Dées De Sterio, A. (1967). "Richard Willstätter, 25th anniversary of his death (25 September 1942)". Munchener medizinische Wochenschrift (1950). 109 (39): 2018–2019. PMID 4874034.
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