Rolf Huisgen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Rolf Huisgen

German chemist

Date of Birth: 13-Jun-1920

Place of Birth: Gerolstein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Profession: chemist, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Rolf Huisgen (born 13 June 1920) is a German chemist.
His importance in synthetic organic chemistry extends to the enormous influence he had in post-war chemistry departments in Germany and Austria, due to the large number of his "habilitants" becoming professors.
His major achievements was the development of the 1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition reaction.