Josef Herzig

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Josef Herzig
Born	September 25, 1853 (1853-09-25) Sanok Austria-Hungary
Died	July 4, 1924 (aged 70) Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Institutions	University of Vienna
Alma mater	University of Vienna
Doctoral advisor	Ludwig Barth
Doctoral students	Hans Meyer Jacob Pollak
Notable awards	Lieben Prize 1902

Josef Herzig 25 September 1853 – 4 July 1924) was a Austrian chemist.

Herzig was born in Sanok, Galicia at that time part of Austria-Hungary. Herzig went to school in Breslau until 1874, started studying chemistry at the University of Vienna but joined August Wilhelm von Hofmann at the University of Berlin in the second semester. He worked wit Robert Bunsen at the University of Heidelbergan received his Ph.D for work with Ludwig Barth at the University of Vienna. He became lecturer and in 1897 professor at the Universit of Vienna. He died in Vienna 1924.

[edit] Work

Herzig was active in the chemistry of natural products, for example flavonoids. He was able to determin the structure of Quercetin, Fisetin and Rhamnetin. He also was able to determin the structure of several Alkaloids.

[edit] References

• J. Pollak (1925). "Obituary: Josef Herzig". Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft 59: 55 - 75. 

• "V e r g e s s e n - W i e d e r f i n d e n (Auf der Suche nach Spuren des kulturellen Lebens in Wien um 1900. Restaurierung des von Kolo Moser entworfenen rabdenkmals des Liebenpreisträgers Josef Herzig" .