Wolf Bodenheimer

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Wolf Bodenheimer (born July 23, 1905 in Frankfurt am Main ; † May 31, 1975 in Jerusalem ) was a German-Israeli chemist and a founding member of the Israel Chemical Society after the Second World War .

education

After completing his studies, Bodenheimer began a dissertation with Karl Lothar Wolf at the University of Karlsruhe . When Wolf moved to the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel in October 1930 , Bodenheimer followed him. He received his doctorate in Kiel a year later and was then employed as an assistant at Wolf's chair for physical chemistry. His dissertation under the title Contributions to the stereochemistry of the reacting carbon atom was published in Leipzig in 1932.

Cambridge time

Due to his Jewish descent, Bodenheimer was released on July 1, 1933, and then worked on an emigration to Cambridge . Numerous reports, including by Karl Lothar Wolf, earned him an invitation to the University of Cambridge . Although he received no financial support from the Academic Assistance Council , Bodenheimer emigrated to London.

With other emigrants he founded a laboratory in which kosher soup cubes are made. This provided him with a living for a short time. Subsequently, his application for a loan from the Academic Assistance Council was rejected, which is why Bodenheimer took up work as a chemist in a London company. During the war he worked in metal chemistry. At the same time he was admitted to the Royal Institute of Chemistry .

Jerusalem time

In 1950 Bodenheimer emigrated to Jerusalem. From 1952 he gave guest lectures at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . In 1963 Bodenheimer and others founded the Israel Chemical Society .

Works (selection)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Dr. Wolf Bodenheimer. uni-kiel.de , accessed on September 4, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Bodenheimer, Wolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 1975
Place of death Jerusalem