Adolf Windaus - Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 1928
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Adolf Windaus

Prize
Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 1928
for the services rendered through his research into the constitution of the sterols and their connection with the vitamins
Citizenship
Germany Germany
Languages
German
date of birth
12/25/1876
place of birth
Berlin
date of death
6/9/1959
place of death
Göttingen
Lived
82 years
employer
  • University of Freiburg
    • academic degree: Doctor
    • end time: 1899
  • University of Göttingen
  • University of Innsbruck
position held
  • professor
educated at
  • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
  • University of Freiburg
  • Französisches Gymnasium Berlin
occupation
  • university teacher
  • chemist
member of
  • German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
  • Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
  • Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
  • Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony
doctoral student
  • Adolf Butenandt
  • Erhard Fernholz
field of work
  • organic chemistry
work location
  • Freiburg im Breisgau
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