Paul Walden



Paul Walden
BornJuly 26 1863(1863-07-26)
Wenden near Cēsis, Latvia
DiedJanuary 22 1957 (aged 93)
Gammertingen, Germany
InstitutionsUniversity of Rostock
Alma materUniversity of Riga
University of Leipzig
University of Odessa
Academic advisor  Walden inversion
Paul Walden (1863 – 1957) was a Latvian Wilhelm Ostwald.

Walden left Latvia after the Russian Revolution and accepted positions in Germany. The ionic liquid. Walden is also known for his 1949 book, History of Chemistry, an excellent synthesis of contemporary historical research in the field.

References

  1. ^  P. Walden, Bull Acad. Imper. Sci. (St Petersburg), 1914, 1800
  2. A. G. Morachevskii (2003). "Academician Pavel Ivanovich Walden (on 140th Anniversary of His Birthday)". Russian Journal of Applied Chemistry 76 (7): 1186-1190. doi:10.1023/A:1026399420965.
  3. Paul Walden (1950). "Aus den Erinnerungen eines alten chemischen Zeitgenossen". Naturwissenschaften 37 (4): 73-81. doi:10.1007/BF00631950.
  4. Georg Lockemann (1953). "Paul von Walden, dem Nestor der Chemie, zum 90. Geburtstage am 26. Juli 1953". Naturwissenschaften 40 (14): 373-374. doi:10.1007/BF00589294.
  5. P. Günther (1933). "Paul Walden zum 70. Geburtstag". Angewandte Chemie 46 (30): 497 - 498. doi:10.1002/ange.19330463002.