Rudolf Wegscheider

Rudolf Wegscheider, monument in the arcade courtyard of the University of Vienna ( Heinrich Zita )

Rudolf Franz Johann Wegscheider (born October 8, 1859 in Großbetschkerek , Austrian Empire , † January 8, 1935 in Vienna ) was an Austrian chemist.

life and work

Rudolf Wegscheider was born as the son of the imperial district commissioner Johann Wegscheider and his wife Maria Plank. He studied chemistry and was one of the founders of physical chemistry in Austria. From 1902 to 1931 he held a chair in Vienna. He held office as chairman of the Association of Austrian Chemists from 1904 to 1929. He played a decisive role in the development of the theory of the speed of chemical reactions, reaction kinetics . He was buried at the Grinzinger Friedhof in an honorary grave (group 12, row 4, number 4).

honors and awards

In 1905 he was awarded the Lieben Prize .

In 1917 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and in 1918 of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and in 1932 a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina . In 1923 Wegscheider was awarded the Wilhelm Exner Medal for his work in the field of organic chemistry .

Appreciation

The Rudolf Wegscheider Prize of the Austrian Academy of Sciences bears his name.

Fonts

"About Isovanillin", in: Monatshefte für Chemie , 1882 , 3 (1), pp. 789-795; doi : 10.1007 / BF01516846 .
with Noe L. Müller: "About derivatives of nitro-opianic acid", in: Justus Liebigs Annalen der Chemie , 1923 , 433 (1), pp. 33-48; doi : 10.1002 / jlac.19234330104 .

Web links

Literature by and about Rudolf Wegscheider in the catalog of the German National Library
Entry on Rudolf Wegscheider in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Entry about Rudolf Wegscheider in the database of the Wilhelm Exner Medal Foundation .

Individual evidence

↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 254.
^ List of members Leopoldina, Rudolf Wegscheider
↑ Rudolf Wegscheider, accessed on July 21, 2020 in Wilhelmexner.org

personal data
SURNAME	Wegscheider, Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wegscheider, Rudolf Franz Johann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian chemist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 8, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH	Großbetschkerek , Austrian Empire
DATE OF DEATH	January 8, 1935
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 254.

[2] List of members Leopoldina, Rudolf Wegscheider

[3] Rudolf Wegscheider, accessed on July 21, 2020 in Wilhelmexner.org