Wilhelm Heinrich Heintz
| Wilhelm Heinrich Heintz | |
|---|---|
| Born |
4 November 1817 Germany |
| Died | 1 December 1880 (aged 63) |
| Residence | Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Fields | Chemist and Physicist |
| Institutions |
Berlin University University of Halle |
| Doctoral advisor | Heinrich Rose |
| Doctoral students | Johannes Wislicenus |
| Known for |
Margaric acid heptadecanoic acid Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft |
Wilhelm Heinrich Heintz (4 November 1817 – 1 December 1880) was a German structural chemist who earned his PhD at Berlin in 1844 under Heinrich Rose. He was one of six founding members of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft and the only chemist.
In 1853 he analyzed margaric acid as simply a combination of stearic acid and palmitic acid.[1]
At Halle, Heintz supervised Johannes Wislicenus's Ph.D. work, although Wislicenus' pro forma advisor at Zurich was Georg Karl Andreas Städeler.
The mineral Heintzite is named for him.
References
- ↑ C.G. Lehmann, Lehrbuch der physiologischen Chemie, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig (1853) p71.
- Partington, J. R. "A History of Chemistry"; Macmillan: 1964; vol 4, page 359.
- Nature (1881), vol 23, pages 245-246.
- Chem. Ber. (1883), vol 16, pages 3121-3140.
- Poggendorff I: pages 1051-52
- Lehrbuch der Zoochemie. Berlin: Druck und Verlag von Georg Reimer, (1853)
External links
- Academic genealogy
- "Intellectual Heritage of David E. Lewis" (PDF). University of Wisconsin–Madison.
- Heintzite mineral information
- The Quiet Revolution
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