Background
Georg Friedrich Karl was born on June 16, 1897, in Berlin, Germany. Son of Gustav and Martha (Dombrowski) Wittig.
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Georg Friedrich Karl Wittig
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Student, University Tubingen, Germany, 1916. Dphil, University Marburg, Germany, 2023. DHC, Sorbonne, 1957; Doctor rer. national honorary Tubingen, Hamburg, Tubingen, Hamburg, 1962.
Career
Professor University Marburg, 1932. Head department Chemical Institute Braunschweig Institute of Technology, 1932—1937. Professor, head chemistry department Chemical Institute Freiburg University, 1937—1944. Professor, director of Chemical Institute University Tubingen, 1944—1956. Professor University Heidelberg, 1956—1967. Professor emeritus, 1967—1987.
Achievements
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Recipient A. von Baeyer medal, 1953, Mitglied Heidelberg Academy, 1957, Dannie-Heineman prize, Gottingen Academy of Sciences, 1965, Otto Hahn prize, 1967, Karl Ziegler prize, 1975, La Me daille d'Argent de la Ville de Paris, 1969, Paul Karrer Medaille, 1972, Silver medal, University Helsinki, 1958, La Me daille de la Claire Bruylants, University Leuwen, 1972, Roger Adams Award, American Chemical Society, 1974, Nobel Prize, 1979.
Membership
Fellow: Chemical Society London (honorary). Member: Academia des Ciencias Medicas Cordoba (Argentina), Academy France, Sociedad Quimica del Peru, New York Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina Halle, Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Chemical Society Switzerland (honorary).
Connections
Married Waltraut Ernst, 1930 (deceased 1978). 2 children.
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