Theodor Zincke

Ernst Zincke

Theodor Zincke (1900)
Born Ernst Carl Theodor Zincke
19 May 1843
Uelzen
Died 17 March 1928 (aged 84)
Marburg
Nationality German
Institutions University of Bonn
University of Marburg
Alma mater University of Göttingen
Doctoral advisor Friedrich Wöhler
August Kekulé
Doctoral students Otto Hahn
Karl Theophil Fries
Alfred Walter Stewart
Known for Zincke-Suhl reaction
Zinke nitration
Zincke reaction

Ernst Carl Theodor Zincke (19 May 1843 – 17 March 1928) was a German chemist and the academic adviser of Otto Hahn.

Life

Theodor Zincke was born in Uelzen on 19 May 1843. He became a pharmacist and graduated in Göttingen with his Staatsexamen. He began studying chemistry with Friedrich Wöhler and received his Ph.D in 1869. He joined the group of August Kekulé at the University of Bonn, and in 1875 became professor at the University of Marburg where he remained until his retirement in 1913. Theodor Zincke died on 17 March 1928 in Marburg.

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