Sigmund Fraenkel
Sigmund Fraenkel or Sigmund Fränkel (1868 – 1939) was a chemist who lived and worked in Austria, and is notable for being the head of the Ludwig-Spiegler-Stiftung in Vienna from 1904 and his work in the field of Physiological chemistry, notably on the chemistry of the thyroid gland.[1][2]
Fraenkel was born on 22 May 1868 in Krakau, which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which later became part of Poland. He studied at the University of Vienna under Ernst Ludwig (1842-1915) and Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke, in Prague under Karl Hugo Huppert (1832–1904) and in Freiburg im Breisgau.[3] In 1892 he obtained his doctorate in medicine in Vienna, and in 1896 he was Private Tutor in Medicinal chemistry.[4]
He died on 7 June 1939, in Geneva, Switzerland.
Works
- Die Arzneimittel-Synthese auf Grundlage der Beziehungen zwischen chemischen Aufbau und Wirkung : für Ärzte, Chemiker und Pharmazeuten . Springer, Berlin 3rd ed. 1912 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf
References
- Hubert Richardson (1905). The thyroid and parathyroid glands. Blakiston's. p. 56. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- A. S. Travis (31 October 1998). Determinants in the Evolution of the European Chemical Industry, 1900–1939: New Technologies, Political Frameworks, Markets and Companies. Springer. pp. 268–. ISBN 978-0-7923-4890-0. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- Mario Thevis (13 December 2010). Mass Spectrometry in Sports Drug Testing: Characterization of Prohibited Substances and Doping Control Analytical Assays. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 4–. ISBN 978-1-118-03514-6. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- "Full text of "The Thyroid and parathyroid glands"". Retrieved 2013-05-23.