Heinrich Jacob (Heinrich) Goldschmidt
1857–1937
Bohemian chemist. Son of Salomon Goldschmidt and Julie von Portheim. Student in Vienna, Graz, and Prague; PhD, Prague, 1881. Lecturer, Zurich Polytechnic, 1881–5; honorary professor, 1885–94; professor, University of Amsterdam, 1894–6; professor extraordinarius, University of Heidelberg, 1896–1901; professor, University of Christiania, 1901–29. Worked in organic chemistry, especially aromatic and nitrogen-containing compounds.
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BHGW
NBL
Bibliography
BHGW: Biographisch-literarisches Handwörterbuch zur Geschichte der exacten Wissenschaften enthaltend Nachweisung über Lebensverhältnisse und Leistungen von Mathematikern, Astronomen, Physikern, Chemikern, Mineralogen, Geologen usw. By Johann Christian Poggendorff. 5 vols. Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth; Verlag Chemie. 1863–1926.
NBL: Norsk biografisk leksikon. Edited by Edvard Bull et al. 19 vols. Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co. 1923–83.
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