Theodor Wertheim
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| Theodor Wertheim | |
|---|---|
| Born | )December 25, 1820 Vienna Austria |
| Died | July 6, 1864) (aged 43) Vienna Austria |
| Nationality | Austrian |
Theodor Wertheim (December 25, 1820 – July 6, 1864) was an Austrian chemist born in Vienna. He was the father of gynecologist Ernst Wertheim (1864-1920).
He served as privatdozent in Vienna, and was a professor at the University of Pest from 1853 to 1860. Afterwards he returned to Vienna, and beginning in 1861 worked at the University of Graz. In May- 1864 he moved back to Vienna, where he died soon afterwards. He was a corresponding member of the Vienna Academy of Sciences.
In 1844 Wertheim distilled a pungent substance from garlic, naming it "allyl".[1] He published a number of studies on garlic oil, piperine, quinine and coniine in Liebig’s Annalen der Chemie.
References
- Carl Oppenheimer (1897), "Theodor Wertheim", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German) 42, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 111–
- [1] biography @ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
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.
