Theodor Wertheim

Theodor Wertheim
Born	December 25, 1820(1820-12-25) Vienna Austria
Died	July 6, 1864(1864-07-06) (aged 43) Vienna Austria
Nationality	Austrian

Theodor Wertheim (December 25, 1820 – July 6, 1864) was an Austrian chemist born in Vienna.

He was privatdozent in Vienna, and a professor at the University of Pest from 1853 to 1860. Afterwards he returned to Vienna, and beginning in 1861 worked at the University of Graz. In May, 1864 he moved back to Vienna, where he died soon afterwards. He was a corresponding member of the Vienna Academy of Sciences.

In 1844 Wertheim distilled a pungent substance from garlic, naming it "allyl".^[1]

References

Carl Oppenheimer (1897) (in German). "Theodor Wertheim". In Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). 42. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 111.
[1] biography @ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie

^ Ernst Wertheim @ Who Named It

Bibliography

Johannes Uray, Organische Chemie in chemischer Forschung und Lehre an österreichischen Universitäten zwischen 1840 und 1870. In: Bericht über den 25. Österreichischen Historikertag in St. Pölten 2008. St. Pölten 2010, S 402-427.

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Name	Wertheim, Theodor
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Date of birth	December 25, 1820
Place of birth	Vienna Austria
Date of death	July 6, 1864
Place of death	Vienna Austria