Otto Hönigschmid

Otto Hönigschmid
Born (1878-03-13)13 March 1878
Horowitz, Austria-Hungary, today Czech Republic
Died 14 October 1945(1945-10-14) (aged 67)
Munich, Germany
Cause of death Suicide
Alma mater University of Prague
Known for measurement of atomic mass
Awards Liebig Medal (1940)
Scientific career
Fields Chemistry
Institutions University of Paris,
Harvard University,
University of Munich
Doctoral advisor Guido Goldschmiedt
Doctoral students Eduard Zintl,
Josef Goubeau

Otto Hönigschmid (13 March 1878 in Hořovice – 14 October 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

  1. ↑ 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.


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