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Adolf Lieben

1836 – 1914

Austrian chemist

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About Adolf Lieben

Lived 1836 – 1914 (aged 77). Adolf Lieben was an Austrian chemist, university teacher, pharmacist and politician.

Adolf Lieben (3 December 1836 – 6 June 1914) was an Austrian-Jewish chemist. He was born in Vienna the son of Ignatz Lieben. He studied at the University of Vienna, University of Heidelberg (Ph.D. 1856 with Robert Wilhelm Bunsen), and Paris, and subsequently held the positions of privat-docent at the University of Vienna, and professor in the universities of Palermo (1863), Turin (1867), and Prague (1871). From 1875 until his death he held the chair of general and pharmacological chemistry at the University of Vienna, and was a member of the Vienna Academy of Sciences.

Publications Lieben has published many essays in Liebig's Annalen der Chemie: "Ueber die Einwirkung schwacher Affinitäten auf Aldehyde," 1861; "Ueber das Iodbenzol," 1869; "Ueber festes Benzoylchlorid," 1875; etc., "Sitzungsberichte den Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien" ("Untersuchungen über Milchzucker," "Einwirkung von Cyangas auf Aldehyde," "Ueber den Formaldehyd und dessen Umwandlung in Methylalkohl," "Reduction des Exotonchlorals," etc.), "Monatshefte für Chemie," "Comptes-Rendus de l'Académie de Paris," "Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft, Berlin," "Gazzetta Chimica Italiana, Palermo," etc.

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Important facts

Birth century
Education
University of Vienna, Heidelberg University, University of Heidelberg
Positions held
Member of the House of Lords (Austria)
Employers
University of Vienna, University of Palermo, University of Turin, Charles University
Awards
Order of Franz Joseph

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Adolf Lieben's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Adolf Lieben?

Austrian chemist (1836-1914)

When was Adolf Lieben born?

Adolf Lieben was born on 3 December 1836 in Vienna.

When did Adolf Lieben die?

Adolf Lieben died on 6 June 1914 in Vienna.

What was Adolf Lieben's occupation?

Adolf Lieben was a chemist, university teacher, pharmacist and politician.

What nationality was Adolf Lieben?

Adolf Lieben was Austrian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Adolf Lieben

· Wikidata: Q84771

· DBpedia: Adolf Lieben

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