Burckhardt Helferich
Burckhardt Helferich (born June 10, 1887 in Greifswald , † July 5, 1982 in Bonn ) was a German chemist and university professor .
Life
As the son of the surgeon Heinrich Helferich , Burckhardt Helferich studied natural sciences , including geology , at the University of Lausanne . After one semester, he served as a one-year volunteer in Schwerin . From autumn 1907 he studied chemistry at the TH Munich . After three semesters he switched to the TH Berlin . In 1911, he was as an academic student of Emil Fischer with the work synthesis of some new glucosides to Dr. phil. PhD . He then became a private and scientific assistant with him . During the First World War he fought as a battery leader in the artillery .
In the interwar period , he completed his habilitation in 1920 at the University of Leipzig . He stayed in Berlin as a private lecturer . In 1922 he became a full professor for organic chemistry at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University . From the same year he was also head of department at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Fiber Chemistry .
In 1925 he went to the University of Greifswald as the successor to Rudolf Pummerer . In 1930 he accepted the call from the University of Leipzig , where he succeeded Arthur Hantzsch as director of the Institute of Chemistry until 1945.
In the post-war period , after a two-year visiting professorship at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, he became a fourth professor there. After he was rector in 1954/55 , he retired in 1955.
Between 1911 and 1974 he wrote over 300 publications . His best known student was Reinhard W. Hoffmann , who worked as a professor of organic chemistry at the Philipps University of Marburg .
Honors
- Member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences (1931)
- Emil Fischer Medal (1951)
- Great Cross of Merit (1957)
- Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- Dr.-Ing. E. h. of the TH Stuttgart (today University of Stuttgart)
Burckhardt Helferich Prize
The University of Leipzig has been awarding the Burckhardt Helferich Prize since 2005.
literature
- Hermann Stetter : Burckhardt Helferich. 1887-1982. In: Chemical Reports. Vol. 118, No. 1, 1985, ISSN 1434-1948 , pp. I-XIX, doi : 10.1002 / cber.19851180102 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Burckhardt Helferich in the catalog of the German National Library
- CV (Chemie Leipzig)
- Burckhardt Helferich in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
Individual evidence
- ↑ Synthesis of some new glucosides. Schade, Berlin 1911 (Berlin, Technical University, dissertation, 1911).
- ^ Biographies, publications and academic family tree of Burckhardt Helferich at academictree.org, accessed on February 9, 2018.
- ↑ Burckhardt Helferich Prize ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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SURNAME | Helferich, Burckhardt |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Helferich, Gottlob Hermann Burckhardt (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist and university professor |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1887 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Greifswald |
DATE OF DEATH | 5th July 1982 |
Place of death | Bonn |