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Alfred Stock
| Alfred Stock | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 July 1876(1876-07-16) Danzig, German Empire |
| Died | 12 August 1946 (aged 70) Aken an der Elbe, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Field | Chemistry |
| Institutions | University of Karlsruhe |
| Notable students | Egon Wiberg |
Alfred Stock (July 16 1876 – August 12 1946) was a German inorganicchemist.
Alfred stock biography
He did pioneering research on the hydrides of boron and silicon, coordination chemistry, mercury, and mercury poisoning. The German Chemical Society's Alfred-Stock Memorial Prize is named after him.
Life
Born in Danzig (Gdańsk) and educated at Berlin, he was nine years assistant of Emil Fischer before he became professor at the University of Breslau in 1900.
In 1916 he succeeded Richard Willstätter as director at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry in Berlin. After a severe mercury poisoning he became the director of the Chemistry Department at the Technische Hochschule in Karlsruhe from 1926 to 1936