Heinrich Otto Wieland

Heinrich Otto Wieland (German pronunciation: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈviːlant] ^ⓘ; 4 June 1877 – 5 August 1957) was a German chemist. He won the 1927 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research into the bile acids.^[1][2]

Career

In 1901 Wieland received his doctorate at the University of Munich while studying under

From 1913 to 1921, he was Professor at the Technical University of Munich. He then moved to the University of Freiburg as successor of Ludwig Gattermann (he also assumed responsibility for Gattermanns famous cookbook).^[5] In Freiburg he started working on toad poisons and bile acids. In association with Boehringer Ingelheim he worked on synthetic alkaloids such as morphine and strychnine.

In 1925 Wieland succeeded

Heinrich's father, Theodor Wieland (1846–1928) was a pharmacist with a doctorate in chemistry. He owned a gold and silver refinery in Pforzheim.[4] Heinrich Wieland was a cousin of Helene Boehringer, the wife of Albert Boehringer, who was the founder of the Boehringer Ingelheim pharmaceutical company. He worked for the company from 1915 to 1920 and established the company's scientific department.

Eva Wieland, Heinrich Wieland's daughter, was married to

Heinrich Wieland Prize

Since 1964, the

External links

• Cox, David (3 July 2015). "Science of resistance: Heinrich Wieland, the biochemist who defied the Nazis". The Guardian.
• Heinrich Otto Wieland on Nobelprize.org including the Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1928 The Chemistry of the Bile Acids
• "Heinrich Wieland Prize – Homepage". heinrich-wieland-prize.de. Retrieved 2016-11-27.