Background
Georg Friedrich Karl was born on June 16, 1897, in Berlin, Germany. Son of Gustav and Martha (Dombrowski) Wittig.
Georg Friedrich Karl was born on June 16, 1897, in Berlin, Germany. Son of Gustav and Martha (Dombrowski) Wittig.
Student, University Tubingen, Germany, 1916. Dphil, University Marburg, Germany, 2023. DHC, Sorbonne, 1957; Doctor rer. national honorary Tubingen, Hamburg, Tubingen, Hamburg, 1962.
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.
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).
Married Waltraut Ernst, 1930 (deceased 1978). 2 children.