Background
Heilbronner, Edgar was born on May 13, 1921 in Munich, Germany.
Heilbronner, Edgar was born on May 13, 1921 in Munich, Germany.
Dipl.Ing.Chem., Eidgenössische Technology Hochs., Zürich, 1945. Postgraduate, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1951. Postgraduate, University Cambridge, England, 1960.
Assistant professor theoretical organic chemistry, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich, 1959-1964;
professor theoretical organic chemistry, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich, 1964-1968;
professor physical chemistry, U. Basel, 1968-1988. Retired;
visiting professor Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1963, National Center for Scientific Research, Paris, 1965, University Texas, Austin, 1966, Technion, Haifa, 1967, U. St. Andrews, Scotland, 1971. Guest professor of University Köln, U. Marburg, University of Wisconsin, Yale University, New Haven.
Francis Preston Venable lecturer U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, James M. Sprague lecture series University of Wisconsin, Madison, Arthur D. Little lectureship Northeastern U., Boston, Merk Distinguished lectureship Rutgers University, George FisherBaker lectureship Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, others.
Member American Academy Arts and Sciences (foreign honorary member), International Academy Quantum Molecular Science, Göttinger Academy of Sciences (foreign honorary member).
Married Ruth Jungmayr, November 21, 1949. Children: Renée, Madeleine, Raoul, Thomas.