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Biographies of
Josef Houben and Theodor Weyl
Heinrich Hubert Maria Josef Houben (1875–1940)
Major achievements:
- terpenes and camphor studies
- literature work e.g. Houben–Weyl
| Year | Comment |
| 1875 | Born in Waldfeucht (Rheinland), Germany. |
| 1894 | Started to study maths and astronomy at the University of Bonn, but became interested in chemistry. He was very much influenced by Friedrich August Kekulé who was working at the University of Bonn at this time. Other academic lecturers included: Anschütz, Bender, Bredt, Curtius, Heusler, Kayser, Klinger, Laspeyres, Lipschitz, Litzmann, Lorberg, Neuhaeuser, Noll, Schaarschmidt, Schenk, Strasburger and Wolff. |
| 1898 | Awarded his PhD completed under the supervision of Konrad J. Bredt at the University of Bonn. |
| 1898–1908 | Worked as an assistant at both the University of Bonn and TH Aachen. |
| 1908 | Went to work for Emil Fischer at the Chemical Institute, University of Berlin where he qualified as a university lecturer. |
| 1913 | Started working on Theodor Weyl’s Methoden der organischen Chemie. |
| 1914–1917 | Sent to the frontline in World War I as an aide to the Batallion General. After being wounded several times was made Head of the War Laboratory. |
| 1917–1919 | Appointed assistant professor at the Technological Institute at the University of Berlin. |
| 1921 | Also, appointed to professor at the Institute for Biology in Berlin-Dahlem. Married Elsbet Wagenhäuser in Berlin. No children. |
| 1933 | Retired by the National Socialists for political reasons. |
| 1940 | Died in Tübingen, Germany. |
Theodor Weyl (1851–1913)
| Year | Comment |
| 1851 | Born in Berlin (Charlottenburg). |
| 1854 | Dr. phil. Louis Weyl dies (Theodor Weyl's father). |
| 1854–1871 | Delicate child, very protected by his mother. Goes to a public school (Humanistisches Gymnasium, Berlin) very late and develops many interests that he would pursue for the rest of his life e.g. botany, music, and the works of classical authors. Poor student and passes his school-leaving examination at the age of 20. |
| 1872–1878 | Studied chemistry and medicine at the University of Heidelberg, Wilhelms-Gymnasium Berlin under E. du Bois–Reymond, and the University of Strasbourg under Hoppe–Seyler. Lived a very boisterous student life, enjoyed teasing and mocking others but remained good-natured and loyal to close friends! Received his doctorate degree in 1877 from the University of Strasbourg and qualified as a medical doctor in 1878 also at the University of Strasbourg.Military service in the winter of 1874 and March–September 1878. |
| 1879–1883 | Moved back in 1879 to Berlin and worked at the University Laboratory on physiological chemistry under E. Baumann's supervision. In the same year he went to lecture on physiological chemistry at the University of Erlangen under I. Rosenthal's supervision. He married his cousin, Elise from Weinberg. In the winter of 1880 – 1881 in conjunction with the Berlin Science Academy and through his connection with E. du Bois–Reymond he spent time at the Zoological Station Dohrns, Naples working on the Torpedo project. He was very much influenced by the way of life in Naples. |
| 1883 | Moved back to Berlin to the Hygiene Institute at the TH Berlin-Charlottenburg where he concentrated on pure chemistry in a laboratory of his own. |
| 1888 | Over time he became more and more interested in the subject of hygiene and eventually took up a post at Robert Koch's Institute, Berlin.
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| 1890–1905 | Published a series of articles on questions regarding bacteriologist and hygiene issues. He became secretary of Berlin's Society for Public Healthcare and an international expert on the subject of hygiene. He travelled extensively because of this to England, Hungary, Russia and Turkey. He became the Sultan of Turkey's personal advisor regarding the sanitation of Constantinople and received the honor of the Turkish Order for his work. |
| 1895 | Lectured at the TH Berlin-Charlottenburg on the subject of hygiene and established his own medical practice. |
| 1909–1911 | Produced the Methoden der organischen Chemie
series among many other chemistry works. In 1911 he was awarded the title of professor. |
| 1913 | Died in Berlin, Germany. |
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Barry M. Trost
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Eric N. Jacobsen
We would like to congratulate Eric N. Jacobsen, Editorial Board Member, Science of Synthesis, on being awarded the Yamada–Koga Prize 2008 which will be awarded on November 14, 2008, at the 18th Symposium on Optically Active Compounds held in Tokyo, Japan.
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Volume Publication
We are pleased to announce the publication of Science of Synthesis Volume 37 [Ethers] by Craig J. Forsyth and Eric N. Jacobsen in May 2008.
Professor
John Colin Tatlow
(1923–2008)
We are very sorry to announce that Professor John Colin Tatlow passed away on April 9th, 2008. Professor Tatlow was the Editor-in-Chief of the E10 Organo-Fluorine Compounds (Houben–Weyl) series and made a major contribution to fluorine chemistry during his career. He was the recipient of the American Chemical Society Award for Creative Work in Fluorine Chemistry in 1990. We would like to extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends.
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