Eugen Bamann

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Eugen Bamann (born January 14, 1900 in Gundelfingen ; † February 13, 1981 in Munich ) was a German food chemist .

Life

Eugen Bamann studied pharmacy , chemistry and food chemistry at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich and the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg and was awarded a doctorate in 1926 as the last doctoral candidate for the Nobel Prize winner in chemistry Richard Willstätter with his dissertation Contributions to the knowledge of yeast maltase in Munich. phil. PhD .

He completed his habilitation in Munich in 1931 for organic and pharmaceutical chemistry and toxicology and in 1931 became a private lecturer at the Technical University of Stuttgart . In 1933 he became a member of the SA (Storm Department). From 1935 to 1941 he worked as an associate professor at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen before he accepted a position as full professor and director of the Pharmaceutical Institute of the German University in Prague in 1942 . During his time in Tübingen, he joined the NSDAP in 1938 .

He was the doctoral supervisor of Elsa Ullmann , who did her doctorate in Tübingen and later followed him to Prague as a research assistant.

After the Pharmaceutical Institute was handed over to the Czechs after the end of the Second World War , Eugen Bamann and Elsa Ullmann were arrested and taken prisoner. In May 1946, Eugen Bamann was released from captivity and returned to his home town of Gundelfingen.

In the summer semester of 1948, Eugen Bamann was appointed professor for pharmaceutical chemistry and food chemistry at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. Elsa Ullmann became his research assistant. From 1962 to 1965 he was President of the German Pharmaceutical Society . In 1969 Eugen Bamann retired .

Eugen Bamann was the first pharmaceutical university professor to turn to biochemical issues, with a focus on research into catalytic processes in the animal and plant kingdom.

He published about 200 publications and more than 50 doctoral students did their PhDs with him. Together with the Swedish researcher Karl Myrbäck , he published a summary of the findings on enzyme chemistry at the time in 1941 with the help of well-known scientists .

In 1955 he became a corresponding member of the Real Academica de Farmacia de Espana, in 1958 a foreign member of the Académie de Pharmacie de Paris and in 1964 he was accepted into the Accademia di Science mediche e chirurgiche, Sezione di Medizina Napoli. In 1957 Eugen Bamann was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina .

Eugen Bamann was awarded the Carl Mannich Medal of the German Pharmaceutical Society, the Høst Madsen Medal of the Fédération Internationale Pharmaceutique and the Hans Meyer Medal in Gold, the German Pharmacists' Medal of Honor.

In 1966 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Sorbonne University in Paris . In Gundelfingen, Professor-Bamann-Strasse is named after him.

Eugen Bamann was an honorary citizen of the city of Gundelfingen on the Danube, to which he bequeathed part of his property , earmarked with the condition to set up a charitable foundation . According to the currently valid allocation guidelines of the Professor-Bamann-Studienstiftung founded on this basis, funding can be given to anyone who studies at a university or technical college, attends a technical , master's or technical college and has lived in the city of Gundelfingen for at least two years.

Fonts

  • To know the yeast maltase . Inaugural dissertation, University of Munich 1926
  • with Karl Myrbäck: The methods of fermentation research . 4 volumes, Thieme, Leipzig 1941
  • with Elsa Ullmann: Chemical analysis of medicinal mixtures, medicinal specialties and toxins . Institute for Pharmacy and Food Chemistry, Munich 1951
  • with Elsa Ullmann: Chemical analysis of medicinal mixtures, medicinal specialties and toxins . 2nd edition, Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1960

literature

  • Klaus Beneke: Elsa Ullmann. (PDF) November 24, 2005, accessed July 22, 2019 .
  • Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia. 2nd edition. Volume 1. Saur, Munich 2005, p. 355 digitized

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personal data
SURNAME Bamann, Eugene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German food chemist
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Gundelfingen
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1981
Place of death Munich