| Theodor Wertheim | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1820-12-25)25 December 1820 Vienna, Austrian Empire |
| Died | 6 July 1864(1864-07-06) (aged 43) Vienna, Austrian Empire |
| Nationality | Austrian |
Theodor Wertheim (25 December 1820 – 6 July 1864) was an Austrian chemist born in Vienna. He was the father of gynecologist Ernst Wertheim (1864-1920).
He studied organic chemistry in Berlin as a pupil of Eilhard Mitscherlich, and in 1843 travelled to the University of Prague, where he studied under Josef Redtenbacher. He served as privatdozent in Vienna, and from 1853 to 1860, was a professor at the University of Pest. From 1861 onward, he was a professor at the University of Graz. In May 1864, he moved back to Vienna, where he died soon afterwards.
In 1848 he became a corresponding member of the Vienna Academy of Sciences.
In 1844 Wertheim distilled a pungent substance from garlic, naming it "allyl". In his research, he noticed the close relationship between garlic oil and mustard oil. He published a number of studies on garlic oil, piperine, quinine and coniine in Liebig’s Annalen der Chemie.
See also
References
- Carl Oppenheimer (1897), "Theodor Wertheim", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 42, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, p. 111
- biography @ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
- ^ {Statement based on translated text from an equivalent article at the German Misplaced Pages.
- Redtenbacher Josef @ Austrian Biographical Encyclopaedia 1815-1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9.
- Ernst Wertheim @ Who Named It
- The Volatile Oils by Eduard Gildemeister, Friedrich Hoffmann, Edward Kremers
- Theodor Wertheim: About the relationship between mustard oil and garlic oil, Annalen der Chemie and Pharmacie 55/3 (1845) 297-304.
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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