Ernst Späth
Ernst Späth (born May 14, 1886 in Bärn , Moravia ; † September 30, 1946 in Zurich ) was an Austrian chemist and professor at the University of Vienna . His field of work was alkaloid chemistry . He succeeded in the first total synthesis of mescaline .
Life
Späth, the son of a farrier, attended secondary school in Mährisch-Neustadt (today Uničov ) and graduated in 1905. In 1906 he began his studies in Vienna and received his doctorate in 1910 under Rudolf Wegscheider . From 1910 to 1914 he was an assistant at the 1st Chemical Institute at the University of Vienna. In the First World War he commanded a battery and held the rank of first lieutenant. In 1917 he became a lecturer and in 1923 a real associate professor. In 1924 he was appointed full professor of the 2nd Chemical Institute. In 1925 he became a corresponding and in 1926 a full member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences . In 1932 he became a member of the Leopoldina . From 1937 to March 1938 he was rector of the University of Vienna. In 1938 he became General Secretary and in 1945 President of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
From the Association of German chemist , he was awarded with the actually only German during the Nazi regime in 1937 Liebig Medal awarded.
In the arcade courtyard of the University of Vienna there is a bronze bust of the chemist. It was made after a plaster sculpture by the sculptor Heinrich Zita (1882–1951) and erected in 1961. Another cast is in the entrance area of the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Vienna at Währinger Straße 38.
literature
- Rudolf Werner Soukup: Late Ernst. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001-2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 444.
- Rudolf Werner Soukup: Späth, Ernst. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-428-11205-0 , p. 610 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Entry on Ernst Späth in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Entry about Ernst Späth in the database of the Wilhelm Exner Medal Foundation .
Individual evidence
- ^ List of members Leopoldina, Ernst Späth
- ↑ RW Soukup: Career Paths of Chemists at the University of Vienna between 1890 and 1910 , TU Vienna ( Memento of the original from May 24, 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. (PDF; 2.1 MB); Retrieved December 28, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Late, Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bear , Moravia |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 30, 1946 |
| Place of death | Zurich |