Eugen Bamberger

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Eugen Bamberger
Born	July 19, 1857(1857-07-19) Berlin, Germany
Died	December 10, 1932 (aged 75) Ponte Tresa, Switzerland
Institutions	University of Munich, ETH Zurich
Alma mater	University of Berlin, University of Heidelberg, University of Munich
Doctoral advisor	August Wilhelm von Hofmann
Known for	Bamberger rearrangement, Bamberger triazine synthesis

Eugen Bamberger was a German chemist and discoverer of the Bamberger rearrangement.

Bamberger started studying medicine in 1875 at the University of Berlin, but changed his subject and university after one year, starting his studies of science at the University of Heidelberg in 1876. He returned to Berlin in the same year and focused on chemistry. He received his PhD for work with August Wilhelm von Hofmann in Berlin and became assistant of Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg at Charlottenburg and in 1883 of Adolf von Baeyer at the University of Munich. After his habilitation he became professor in 1891 in Munich.

The Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH Zurich) appointed him professor in 1893, where he staid until a severe illness forced him to retire from the position in 1905. He suffered from limited control of his right arm and severe headache for the rest of his life. He lifed at Ponte Tresa, Ticino in the last years of his life.