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Géza Zemplén

ゼンプレーン・ゲーザ

Zemplén Géza

Aliases: Géza Gusztáv Zemplén

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1883-10-26 (Trencsén)
Died
1956-07-24 (Budapest) age 72
Nationality
Hungary
Languages
Hungarian, German
Religion
Roman Catholic Baptized in 1883
Residence History
Trencsén → Fiume → Budapest → Selmecbánya → Berlin

Career

Occupations
chemist, organic chemist, biochemist, professor
Active Years
1900-1956
Affiliations
Selmecbányai Bányászati és Erdészeti Főiskola, József Nádor Műegyetem, Georgetown University, Chinoin Pharmaceutical Factory
Memberships
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Influenced By
Emil Fischer, Emil Abderhalden

Education

Eötvös Loránd University
Chemistry
Degree: doctor rerum naturalium (Ph.D.)
Period: 1900-1904
Year of Graduation: 1904
Country: Hungary

Awards

Kossuth Prize
1948
Category: 黄金級
Organization: Government of Hungary
Result: 受賞
Hungarian Journal of Chemistry Award
1910
Result: 受賞
Hungarian National Society of Forestry Award
1910
Result: 受賞
Hungarian Academy's Grand Prix
1928
Organization: Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Result: 受賞
Corvin chain
1932
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Szerveskémia

1952 textbook

A textbook entitled Organic Chemistry

Bibliography

  • Vizes oldatok felületi feszültségéről (1904)
  • A kaliumpermanganat hatása a czellulózéra (1907)
  • Erdei fák leveleinek nitrogén tartalmáról (1908)
  • Verhalten der Cellobiose u. ihres Osons gegen einige Enzyme (1909)
  • Synthese der inaktiven α,δ-Diamino valleriansäure und des Prolnis (1909)

Health

  • cancer
    1947-1948頃
    Fell ill toward the end of his stay in the USA

Legacy

Notable Hungarian chemist specializing in structural chemistry and biochemistry, particularly the synthesis of naturally occurring flavonoid-glycosides. Author of over 200 scientific publications and the textbook Szerveskémia. A reaction (Zemplén deacetylation) is named after him.

Academic Societies

  • Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Trivia

  • Brother of Professor Győző Zemplén.
  • The Zemplén deacetylation reaction is named after him.