Ada Prins, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ada Prins

Dutch chemist (1879-1977)

Date of Birth: 18-Sep-1879

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 20-Jul-1977

Profession: chemist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Ada Prins (18 September, 1879, Amsterdam – 20 July 1977, Voorburg) became in 1908 the first woman in the Netherlands to hold a doctorate in chemistry.Having obtained her doctorate at the University of Amsterdam with the thesis Vloeiende mengkristallen in binaire stelsels, she developed her reputation by writing chemistry text books.She had a romantic relationship with the poet, Herman Gorter from 1901.