Gertrud Kornfeld, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gertrud Kornfeld

German chemist

Date of Birth: 25-Jul-1891

Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 04-Jul-1955

Profession: chemist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Gertrud Kornfeld (July 25, 1891, Prague, - July 4, 1955, Rochester, New York) was a German chemist.
She was the first and only woman to become a Privatdozent in chemistry in the Weimar Republic.After the Nazis banned Jews from holding academic positions in Germany in 1933, she moved to England and then to the United States where she worked for the Eastman Kodak Company.
Her main areas of research were photochemistry and reaction kinetics.