Willem Alberda van Ekenstein
Willem Alberda van Ekenstein (born March 28, 1858 in Groningen , † May 5, 1937 ) was a Dutch chemist.
Ekenstein studied chemistry at the Delft Polytechnic from 1876 to 1879 . He then took on assistant positions at the Universities of Amsterdam, later Groningen, and from there returned in 1884 to the state sugar laboratory in Amsterdam.
Together with Lobry de Bruyn , he discovered the Lobry-de-Bruyn-Alberda-van-Ekenstein rearrangement named after both of them in 1885 .
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| SURNAME | Ekenstein, Willem Alberda van |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 28, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Groningen |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 5, 1937 |