About Victor Villiger
Lived 1868 – 1934 (aged 65). Victor Villiger was a Swiss chemist, known for Baeyer-Villiger oxidation.
Victor Villiger (1 September 1868 – 10 June 1934) was a Swiss-born German chemist and the discoverer of the Baeyer-Villiger oxidation.
Life Villiger studied at the University of Geneva. Following his graduation, he began his doctoral studies with Adolf von Baeyer at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
He started working at BASF in Ludwigshafen in 1905.
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Who was Victor Villiger?
chemist (1868-1934)
When was Victor Villiger born?
Victor Villiger was born on 1 September 1868 in Cham.
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Victor Villiger died on 10 June 1934 in Ludwigshafen.
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Victor Villiger was a chemist.
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Victor Villiger was known for Baeyer-Villiger oxidation.
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Victor Villiger was Swiss.
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