Gerhard Hesse (chemist)
Gerhard Edmund Hesse (born July 21, 1908 in Tübingen ; † June 7, 1997 in Erlangen ) was a German chemist and university professor .
Life
Gerhard Hesse was the son of the renowned zoologist and university professor Richard Hesse (1868–1944). After graduating from the High School in Bonn, he studied chemistry at the University of Bonn and the University of Munich , where he in 1932 as Dr. phil. received his doctorate.
In the same year, Hesse took on a position as a scientific assistant at the State Chemical Laboratory of the University of Munich. He received his habilitation there in 1937. In
1938, Hesse moved to the Chemical Institute of the Philipps University of Marburg as a senior assistant . In 1944, Hesse moved to Freiburg im Breisgau , where he was appointed associate professor of chemistry and head of department at the Chemical Institute of Albert Ludwig University . In 1952 he accepted a full professorship for organic chemistry at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg , in addition he was entrusted with the management of the institute of the same name. In 1973 he retired .
Hesse, who was admitted to the Bavarian Academy of Sciences as a full member in 1964 , dealt with organic natural substances and reductions in particular as part of his research . In 1972 he received the Fresenius Prize .
Gerhard Hesse married Cleo, née Lotz, in 1935, with whom he had four children. He died in 1997 just before the age of 89 in Erlangen.
Fonts
- With Herbert Weil: Michael Tswett's first chromatographic writing, Woelm, Eschwege, 1954
- Organic Chemistry: An Introductory Lecture for Students of Natural Sciences and Medicine, Merkel, Erlangen, 1967
- Chromatographic internship: Instructions for the critical implementation of chromatographic work, Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Leipzig, 1968
literature
- August Ludwig Degener, Walter Habel: Who is who? Das deutsche Who's Who, Volume 16 ,, Arani, Berlin, 1970 ISBN 3-7605-2007-3 , p. 494.
- Werner Schuder (Hrsg.): Kürschner's German learned calendar . Volume 1, 13th edition, De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1980, ISBN 3-11-007434-6 , p. 1508.
- Bavarian Academy of Sciences: Yearbook, Publishing House of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Munich, 1998, pp. 99, 138.
Web links
- Literature by and about Gerhard Hesse in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hesse, Gerhard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hesse, Gerhard Edmund (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 21, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tübingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 7, 1997 |
| Place of death | gain |