Wilhelm Treibs

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Wilhelm Treibs (born November 6, 1890 in Oberstein (Nahe) , † April 20, 1978 in Heidelberg ) was a German chemist . He received his doctorate from the University of Göttingen . His doctoral supervisor was Otto Wallach . Until 1961 he taught and researched at the University of Leipzig . On the occasion of the university's 550th anniversary, he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver in 1959 . In 1960 he was honored as an outstanding scientist of the people , then defamed as a traitor when he did not return to the GDR from a visit to the Federal Republic after the building of the wall . Then he was a professor at the University of Heidelberg .

Treibs is known for his work on azulene .

In 1959 he became a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina . Since 1955 he was a member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Hartkopf: The Berlin Academy of Sciences. Your members and award winners 1700–1990 , Akademie Verlag GmbH Berlin, 1992, p. 365, ISBN 978-3-05-002153-9 ( online at Google Books ).
  2. ↑ Louis Frederick Fieser , Mary Fieser: Organische Chemie , Verlag Chemie Weinheim, 2nd edition, 1972, p. 1127, ISBN 3-527-25075-1 .
  3. ^ New Germany , October 13, 1959, p. 4.
  4. ^ Ulrich von Hehl, Günther Heydemann, Klaus Fitschen, Fritz König: History of the University of Leipzig 1409–2009. Volume 3: The Twentieth Century 1909–2009 , Leipziger Universitätsverlag, 2010, p. 585, ISBN 978-3-86583-303-7 . see. Archive Uni Leipzig ( Memento from February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ).
  5. ^ Wilhelm Treibs in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
  6. ^ W. Treibs, W. Kirchhof, W. Ziegenbein: Advances in azulene chemistry since 1950 , advances in chemical research 3, 1955, p. 334.
  7. ^ Member entry of Wilhelm Treibs at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on June 18, 2016.
  8. ^ Members of the SAW: Wilhelm Treibs. Saxon Academy of Sciences, accessed December 3, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Treibs, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberstein
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 1978
Place of death Heidelberg