Chemist no. 104 of 350 · Organic

Richard Willstätter

1872-1942GermanyNobel Chemistry 1915

Structure of chlorophyll and plant pigments

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The discovery, explained

Richard Willstätter and the Chemistry of Chlorophyll

How Richard Willstätter showed chlorophyll contains magnesium, separated chlorophylls a and b and studied plant pigments, winning the 1915 Nobel Prize.

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Biography

Richard Willstätter: Complete Life and Legacy

Life of Richard Willstätter (1872-1942), German Nobel laureate who unravelled chlorophyll, cocaine and enzyme chemistry, and left Germany in 1939.

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Academic lineage

Documented doctoral, postdoctoral and teaching links. Dashed chips are teachers outside the 350 chemists listed here.

Teachers: Alfred EinhorndoctoralAdolf von Baeyermentor
Students: Richard Kuhndoctoral