About Rudolf Wegscheider
Lived 1859 – 1935 (aged 75). Rudolf Wegscheider was an Austrian chemist and university teacher.
Rudolf Wegscheider (18 October 1859 – 8 January 1935) was an Austrian chemist of Banat Swabian origin. Wegscheider studied chemistry and was the founder of the Austrian School of Chemistry. He taught at the University of Vienna, and from 1902 to 1931 he was departmental Chair. He was the chairman of the association of Austrian chemists from 1904 to 1929. R. Wegscheider introduced the principle of detailed balance for chemical kinetics.
Awards Lieben Prize, 1905 Wilhelm Exner Medal, 1923
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Austrian chemist (1859-1935)
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Rudolf Wegscheider was born on 18 October 1859 in Zrenjanin.
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Rudolf Wegscheider died on 8 January 1935 in Vienna.
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