Otto Hönigschmid
| Otto Hönigschmid | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 13, 1878 Horowitz, Austria-Hungary, today Czech Republic |
| Died |
October 14, 1945 (aged 67) Munich, Germany Suicide |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions |
University of Paris, Harvard University, University of Munich |
| Alma mater | University of Prague |
| Doctoral advisor | Guido Goldschmiedt |
| Doctoral students |
Eduard Zintl, Josef Goubeau |
| Known for | measurement of atomic mass |
Otto Hönigschmid (March 13, 1878, in Hořovice – October 14, 1945, in Munich) was a Czech/Austrian chemist. He won the Haitinger Prize of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in 1913.[1]
Education
Hönigschmid studied at the gymnasium in Olomouc, then at the Charles University in Prague under the guidance of Guido Goldschmiedt (the discoverer of the structure of papaverine).
Work
Hönigschmid worked in Paris under Henri Moissan (1904–06) and at Harvard University under Theodore Richards. He was habilitated in 1908. After 1911 he was professor of inorganic and analytical chemistry at the Prague Polytechnic University, and after World War I at the University of Munich. He specialised in research on carbides, silicates and measurement of atomic mass.
Death
He committed suicide shortly after his friend and colleague at the Munich University Hans Fischer.
References
- ↑ Birckenbach, Lothar (1949). "Otto Hönigschmid 1878-1945". Chemische Berichte (in German). Vienna, Austria: Wiley-VCH Verlag. 82 (4–5): XI–LXV. doi:10.1002/cber.19490820423.
- Heinrich Wieland (1950). "Hans Fischer und Otto Hönigschmid zum Gedächtniss". Angewandte Chemie. 62 (1): 1–4. doi:10.1002/ange.19500620102.
- Lothar Birckenbach (1949). "Otto Hönigschmid 1878-1945". Chemische Berichte. 82 (4–5): XI–LXV. doi:10.1002/cber.19490820423.