| Authorised form of name | Wurtz; Karl Adolphe (1817 - 1884) |
| Other forms of name | Charles Adolphe |
| Dates | 1817 - 1884 |
| Nationality | French |
| Place of birth | Wolfisheim, near Strasbourg, France |
| Date of birth | 26 November 1817 |
| Place of death | Paris, France |
| Date of death | 10 May 1884 |
| Research field | Chemistry |
| Activity | Education:
MD (1843, Strasbourg)
Career:
Studied chemistry under Liebig, at Giessen; Assistant to J B A Dumas, Ecole de Medicine, Paris (1845); Professor of Organic Chemistry, Faculte de medecine, Paris (1853); Senator (1881)
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| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 09/06/1864 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1881 |
| Relationships | Son of a Lutheran Pastor |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Authority:
Altname from DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1884-1885 vol 38 pp xxiii-xxxiv signed by A W W
References:
Sir Harold Hartley, 'Stanislao Cannizzaro, FRS (1826-1910) and the First International Chemical Conference at Karlsruhe in 1860' in NR 1966 vol 21 pp 56-63 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/39455038 |
| Code | NA6547 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1864/19 | Wurtz, Karl Adolph: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MS/743/1/99 | Letter from Karl Adolph Wurtz, Marie VIIe Arrondissement, Cabinet du Maire, to [John Hall Gladstone] | 17 November 1881 |
| MS/743/1/93 | Letter from Karl Adolph Wurtz, Paris, to [John Hall Glastone] | 29 October 1878 |
| MS/743/1/94 | Testimonial by Karl Adolph Wurtz, Faculte de Medecine de Paris, on behalf of John Hall Gladstone | 17 July 1857 |
| MC/12/225 | Letter from Ad [Adolphe] Wurtz, President of the Academy of Sciences, Paris, to [William Spottiswoode], President of the Royal Society | 5 December 1881 |
| M/236 | Wurtz, Karl Adolphe | |
| MC/12 | Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1880-1883 |
| PP/1/39 | Paper, 'Action of ethylene chlorhydrine upon the bases of the pyridine series and on quinoline' by [Karl] Adolph Wurtz | 1882 |