Willem Frederik Donath
Willem Frederik Donath (born June 25, 1889 in Wormerveer , † February 21, 1957 in Den Dolder ) was a Dutch physiologist and hygienist .
Life
Donath attended the lyceum in Wageningen . He then studied at the University of Utrecht , in Wageningen and was in Zurich from 1910 to 1919.
In 1921 he became a scientific officer with the public health service in Batavia . From 1922 to 1927 he was in charge of the analysis laboratory of the Agriculture Department in Buitenzorg . During this time, in 1926, together with Barend Coenraad Petrus Jansen , he isolated the crystalline form of the B 1 vitamin from rice bran and gave it the name antineuritic vitamin ( aneurine for short ).
In 1930 he was active as a lecturer at the University of Batavia.
In 1939 he returned to the Netherlands and in 1939 he worked for the foundation institute for modern cattle feeding "De Schothorst" in Hoogland near Amersfoort .
In 1949 he worked at the Dutch Institute for Preventive Medicine in Leiden .
literature
- WF Donath: What should I do? 1973, ISBN 90-6010-156-1
- WF Donath: Dogs fed healthily. ISBN 3-275-00672-X
- Willem Frederik Donath: The effect of hydrazine hydrate on nitriles. Hall 1918
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry on thiamine. In: Römpp Online . Georg Thieme Verlag, accessed on May 11, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Donath, Willem Frederik |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch physiologist and hygienist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 25, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wormerveer |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 21, 1957 |
| Place of death | The Dolder |