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Adolf Windaus was a German chemist who lived from 1876 to 1959 and made important discoveries in understanding the chemical structure of cholesterol and related compounds. His work was significant enough to earn him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, advancing scientific knowledge of sterols and their role in living organisms.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1928
“for the services rendered through his research into the constitution of the sterols and their connection with the vitamins”
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Berlin
- Place of death
- Göttingen
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Position held
- professor
- Educated at
- Französisches Gymnasium Berlin
- Employer
- University of Innsbruck
- Languages spoken
- German
- Student of
- Emil Fischer
- Field of work
- organic chemistry
- Image
- Windaus.jpg
- Work location
- Freiburg im Breisgau
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- place of burial
- Göttingen City Cemetery
- Commons category
- Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus
- date of death
- 1959-06-09
- date of birth
- 1876-12-25
- member of
- Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
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- Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus
- described by source
- Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- name in native language
- Adolf Windaus
- writing language
- German
- student
- Adolf Butenandt
- interested in
- chemistry
- archives at
- Göttingen State and University Library
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Encyclopedic overview
Adolf Windaus' grave in Göttingen Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus ( German pronunciation: [ˈaːdɔlf ˈvɪndaʊs] ; 25 December 1876 – 9 June 1959) was a German chemist who won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1928 for his work on sterols and their relation to vitamins. He was the doctoral advisor of Adolf Butenandt who also won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1939.
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