Benno Bleyer

Benno Bleyer (born February 16, 1885 in Lindau (Lake Constance) , † November 24, 1945 in Munich ) was a German chemist.

Career

After his internship at the royal court and body pharmacy in Munich , he studied pharmacy and food chemistry there . In 1907 he passed the pharmaceutical state examination at the University of Munich . His doctorate in 1910 was followed three years later by his habilitation in pharmaceutical and applied chemistry. After working in industry for several years, he was appointed associate professor for chemistry in Weihenstephan in 1923 . In 1929 he was appointed to the chair of pharmaceutical and food chemistry at the University of Munich , where he became head of the institute.

He dealt with problems in the chemistry of rare metals and wrote numerous publications, which dealt mainly with questions of food chemistry, especially in the field of dairy farming and alcoholic beverages. In addition, biochemical and nutritional problems related to plant and animal phosphatides , iodine metabolism (iodine deficiency in goiter diseases ), carbohydrates and fats were part of his research.

In 1945 Benno Bleyer was awarded the Joseph König commemorative coin from the Society of German Chemists .

literature

• Hein, Wolfgang-Hagen; Schwarz, Holm-Dietmar (1975): German Pharmacist Biography Volume I, page 62, scientific publishing company mbH, Stuttgart
• Volker Hamann: Bleyer, Benno. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie 2 (1955), p. 301 online