Heinrich Biltz

Heinrich Biltz (26 May 1865 – 29 October 1943) was a German chemist and professor.

Life and career Heinrich Biltz was the son of Karl Friedrich Biltz who was a literary scholar and theatre critic His brother Wilhelm Biltz was also a noted chemist.

From 8 July 1891 to 1897, Heinrich was a professor of chemistry at the University of Greifswald. In 1897 he became a professor of the Department of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Kiel where he continued his research on the determination of vapour density. In 1908 he succeeded in the synthesis of Phenytoin, which was used 30 years later as an effective drug for the control of seizure disorders. He concentrated his further research activities on the chemistry of Uric Acid. He achieved and proved the complete oxidative degradation of Uric Acid with several oxidising agents.

Heinrich's work was interrupted when he participated in World War I as a reserve officer. After the war he increased his research activities considerably, often in close co-operation with his younger brother Wilhelm Biltz who was also professor of chemistry and with other highly renowned chemists.

Biltz, Heinrich works in Library of Congress: Publications of and about Heinrich Biltz in the catalogue of the German National Library: