Adolf Ferdinand Weinhold | |
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Born |
Zwenkau, Germany |
19 May 1841
Died | 1 July 1917 Chemnitz, Germany |
(aged 76)
Citizenship | German |
Fields | Chemist |
Adolf Ferdinand Weinhold (19 May 1841 – 1 July 1917) was a German chemist, physician and inventor.
From 1857 to 1861 Weinhold studied chemistry and physics at universities in Göttingen and in Leipzig. His mentors were Otto Linné Erdmann and Friedrich Wöhler. In Germany, Weinhold worked after university studies as chemist and physician. Since 1870, Weinhold was professor at Chemnitz University of Technology. In 1881, he described his own Vacuum flask.