Alfred Wohl

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name = Alfred Wohl


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birth_date = birth date|1863|10|3
birth_place = Graudenz Germany
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death_date = death date and age|1939|12|25|1863|10|3
death_place = Stockholm Sweden
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work_institution = University of Berlin, Technical University of Danzig
alma_mater = University of Heidelberg
doctoral_advisor = August Wilhelm von Hofmann
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known_for = Wohl degradation , Wohl-Aue reaction, Wohl-Ziegler reaction
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Alfred Wohl 3 October 1863 – 25 December 1946) was a German chemist. Several chemical reactions are named after him, like the Wohl degradation , Wohl-Aue reaction and the Wohl-Ziegler reaction

Life and Work

Wohl studied chemistry at the University of Heidelberg from 1882 til 1886. He received his Ph.D 1886 for work on Hexamethylenetetramine with August Wilhelm von Hofmann. He became assistant of Hermann Emil Fischer at the University of Berlin from 1886 til 1891, where he also received his habilitation. He became professor at the University of Berlin in 1901, but he left for the Technical University of Danzig in 1904. He retired because of antisemitic pressure in 1933, but worked in his lab til 1937. He emigrated to Sweden in 1938, where he died in 1939.

References

cite journal
title = Otto Ruff und Alfred Wohl. Professoren der 1904 gegründeten Königlichen Technischen Hochschule zu Danzig
author = Teresa Sokolowska, Romuald Piosik
journal = CHEMKON
volume = 11
issue = 2
pages = 76 - 78
year = 2004
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doi = 10.1002/ckon.200410006