Ivan Horbachevsky

Ivan Yakovych Horbachevsky
Ukrainian: Іван Якович Горбачевський
Born May 5, 1854
village Zarubyntsi (today Ukraine)
Died May 24, 1942 (aged 88)
Prague
Nationality Ukrainian
Fields Biochemistry
Institutions Charles University of Prague
Ukrainian Free University
Alma mater University of Vienna

Ivan Horbachevsky, also Jan Horbaczewski, Johann Horbaczewski, Ivan Horbaczewski (Ukrainian: Іван Якович Горбачевський Ivan Jakovyč Horbačevśkyj, Russian: Горбачевский, Иван Яковлевич I. Ja. Gorbačevskij, Polish: Horbaczewski, 1854, Zarubińce - 1942) was an eminent Ukrainian chemist. 1872–1878 he studied medicine at the University of Vienna, Austria. In 1883 he was appointed extraordinary professor and in 1884 ordinary professor at the University of Prague by the Emperor. He is particularly known for his contributions in organic chemistry and biochemistry. He was the first to synthesize glycine. He noticed that aminoacids were building blocks of proteins. Horbachevsky worked in Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Ukraine. In Imperial Austria, he was appointed minister of public health in the summer of 1918, heading the first health ministry in Europe.

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