Ulrich Wannagat

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Ulrich Wannagat

Ulrich Wannagat (born May 31, 1923 in Königsberg , † January 10, 2003 in Braunschweig ) was a German chemist .

Life

He spent his school days in Ragnit and Tilsit on the Memel . When he was not yet 16, he passed his Abitur and then began studying chemistry in Königsberg and Berlin . In Königsberg he met Robert Schwarz , who would later shape his scientific life. Drafted into the Wehrmacht in 1941, he took part in heavy fighting in Russia as a battery leader , and was seriously wounded. In 1945 he came to West Germany suffering from jaundice.

In 1946 he took up his chemistry studies in Frankfurt again and received his doctorate in 1948 with distinction on ring compounds of coumarin . In 1949 he followed his mentor Robert Schwarz to Aachen , where he completed his habilitation in 1952. In 1959 he accepted a call to a newly created associate professor for inorganic and analytical chemistry at the Technical University of Aachen . In 1961 he moved to the Board of Directors of the Institute for Inorganic Chemistry at the Graz University of Technology . In 1966, Wannagat was appointed professor for inorganic and analytical chemistry at the Technical University of Braunschweig , where he worked until his retirement in 1988.

His homeland East Prussia has shaped him very much. After his retirement he carried out family research with great care . This resulted in a large work that also provides information about the Balts and Pruzzen , as well as the settlement of East Prussia. In 1995 he began to set up an archive for the Königsberg Chemical Institute, which is now located in the Museum of Chemistry in Göttingen .

Scientific work

His scientific work is documented in around 300 publications. He was one of the world's leading silicon chemists in the second half of the 20th century. He laid the foundations for a modern chemistry of the element silicon. Examples are the pioneering work on silicon-containing ring systems or silicon-nitrogen compounds. His work on preceramic polymers for silicon nitride ceramics or the substitution of individual carbon atoms in pharmaceuticals, natural fragrances and active ingredients with silicon atoms is important. This substitution sometimes resulted in higher efficacy or lower toxicity in pharmaceuticals.

honors and awards

literature

  • Ulrich Schubert : Ulrich Wannagat. an obituary; Almanac, Volume 153. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2003, ISBN 978-3-7001-3241-7 .
  • Hans Bürger: Wannagat, Ulrich Paul. in: Old Prussian biography. Volume V, 2nd delivery, NG Elwert Verlag, Marburg / Lahn 2007, ISBN 978-3-770-81301-8 .

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personal data
SURNAME Wannagat, Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Koenigsberg
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 2003
Place of death Braunschweig