Georg Wiegner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Georg Wiegner

German chemist

Date of Birth: 20-Apr-1883

Place of Birth: Leipzig, Leipzig District, Germany

Date of Death: 14-Apr-1936

Profession: chemist, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Georg Wiegner

  • Georg Wiegner (April 20, 1883 – April 14, 1936) was a colloid chemist.
  • He was born in Leipzig and died in Zurich.
  • Georg Wiegner studied natural sciences at the University of Leipzig, and received a doctorate in 1906.
  • He was an assistant to Wilhelm Fleischmann at the University of Göttingen from 1907.
  • He was appointed professor of agricultural chemistry at the ETH Zurich in 1913, where he remained until the year of his death, in 1933.
  • He was responsible for seminal discoveries in coagulation and ion exchange.
  • His group at the ETH strongly influenced ecological pedology in Switzerland.
  • The group who worked with him included Hermann Gessner (1897–1981), Hans Jenny (1899–1992) and Hans Pallmann (1903–1965).
  • His group also influenced the work of Max Düggeli, who had a major influence on soil biology in Switzerland.

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