Michael Wittlich

Michael Wittlich (also Mihkel Vitsut; 11 October 1866 – 6 February 1933) was an Estonian chemist and professor.[1]

Michael Wittlich

In 1890 he graduated from Riga Polytechnical Institute. From 1909 to 1918 he taught at Riga Polytechnical Institute, and from 1919 to 1932 at Tartu University.[1]

In 1925 (with Paul Kogermann) he established the oil shale laboratory at Tartu University. He researched also the chemical structure of peat, technologies related to sugar and starch industries.[1]

Works
  • 1927: Valitud peatükid tehnoloogiast. Tartu [first Estonian-language textbook about chemical technology]

References
  1. "Michael Wittlich'i (1866 - 1933) haud". info.raad.tartu.ee. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
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