- Johannes Wislicenus
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name = Johannes Wislicenus
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caption = Johannes Wislicenus
birth_date =24 June 1835
birth_place =Thuringia
death_date =5 December 1902
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nationality =German
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field =chemistry
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known_for =stereochemistry
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prizes =Davy Medal in 1898
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Johannes Adolf Wislicenus (24 June 1835 -5 December 1902 ) was a Germanchemist who was born in Klein-Eichstedt inThuringia . He studied inZürich and later attained the chair of chemistry atWürzburg (1872) andLeipzig (1885). For a brief time he worked with Harvard chemistEben Horsford as an analyst, before returning to Europe.Wislicenus' work was primarily in the field of
organic chemistry , and he is remembered for his studies involvingstereochemistry . He used the term "geometric isomerism " to explain the phenomena of two substances having different physical properties, yet possessing an identical chemical structure. His pioneer work led to research ofstereoisomerism and the importance of spatial arrangement of atoms within amolecule .In 1898 Wislicenus was awarded the
Davy Medal by theRoyal Society ofLondon .References
*Citation
id =PMID :9164290
url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9164290
last=Carpenter
first=K J
publication-date=1997 May
year=1997
title=Protein cannot be the sole source of muscular energy (Fick, Wislicenus and Frankland, 1866).
volume=127
issue=5 Suppl
periodical=J. Nutr.
pages=1020S-1021SExternal links
* cite book
title=Proceedings of the Royal Society of London
author=Royal Society (Great Britain), JSTOR (Organization)
year=1907
publisher=Harrison and Son
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url=http://books.google.com/books?id=8MwBAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PR8&dq=Wislicenus+chemistry&lr=&as_brr=1#PRA1-PR3,M1 - "Proceedings of the Royal Society, A", 1907, volume 78, pages iii – xii
* [http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Johannes_Wislicenus Classic Encyclopedia entry]
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