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Encyclopedia > Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus

Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus (December 25, 1876 – June 9, 1959) was a significant German chemist. He won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1928. December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining. ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... A chemist is a scientist who specializes in chemistry. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to the present day. ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...


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Adolf Windaus Biography | World of Scientific Discovery (627 words)
Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus was born in Berlin to Adolf and Margarete (Elster) Windaus on December 25, 1876.
By 1906, Windaus was appointed assistant professor at Freiburg and in 1913, he moved to the University of Innsbruck in Austria to become a professor of applied medical chemistry.
In 1927, Wieland was given the Nobel Prize in chemistry for his study of bile acids, and Windaus received the same award in 1928 for his discovery of the structure of sterols and their connection with vitamins.
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