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Adolf Windaus

Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1959)

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Born
December 25, 1876
Died
June 9, 1959
Zodiac sign
Capricorn
Birth year
1876

About Adolf Windaus

Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus (German pronunciation:; 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. Throughout his life, Windaus won many awards, including the Goethe Medal, the Pasteur Medal, and the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. After earning his PhD in medicine, Windaus became the head of the chemical institute at the University of Göttingen from 1915 to 1944.

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Adolf Windaus timeline

  1. After earning his PhD in medicine, Windaus became the head of the chemical institute at the University of Göttingen from 1915 to 1944.
  2. He was the doctoral advisor of Adolf Butenandt who also won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1939.

The world when Adolf Windaus was born

Adolf Windaus was born in 1876. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst National League baseball season
  • Top headlineBattle of Little Bighorn — Custer's Last Stand
  • Technology milestoneAlexander Graham Bell patents the telephone
  • Notable inventionTelephone
  • World population~1.56B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderUlysses S. Grant
  • U.S. population43.4M

1876 versus 2026

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Measure18762026
Population43.4M341 million

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