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Authorised form of nameWieland; Heinrich Otto (1877 - 1957)
Dates1877 - 1957
Place of birthPforzheim, Germany
Date of birth04 June 1877
Place of deathStarnberg, Germany
Date of death05/08/1957
Research fieldChemistry
ActivityCareer:
Extraordinary Professor (1909) and Professor (1917), Koniglich Bayern Techinsche Hochschule; Ordinary Professor of Chemistry, University of Freiburg (1921); Ordinary Professor of Chemistry, University of Munich (1925)
Medals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Chemistry) 1927
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election25/06/1931
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1958 vol 4 pp 341-352, plate, by P Karrer
References:
W van der Kloot, 'April 1915: Five Future Nobel Prize-Winners Inaugurate Weapons Of Mass Destruction And The Academic-Industrial-Military Complex' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 149-160
CodeNA3046
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1931/20Wieland, Heinrich Otto: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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