About Robert Wintgen
Lived 1882 – 1966 (aged 83–84). Robert Wintgen was a German chemist and university teacher.
After a post-doc position with Alfred Stock in Berlin between 1917 and 1919 he worked at the University of Göttingen together with Richard Adolf Zsigmondy. Influenced by this cooperation worked on colloids chemistry from that point on. Wintgen became professor at the newly founded University of Cologne in 1924 where he stayed until his retirement in 1950.
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Who was Robert Wintgen?
German chemist (1882–1966)
When was Robert Wintgen born?
Robert Wintgen was born on 13 June 1882 in Solingen.
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Robert Wintgen died in 1966 in Cologne.
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Robert Wintgen was a chemist and university teacher.
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Robert Wintgen was German.
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