Willstätter Discovers the Composition of Chlorophyll
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Science and Technology Series
- Categories: Science
- Subcategories: Scientists, Plants, Botany, Horticulture, Chemistry, Chemists
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, German History
- Geographical Location: Switzerland
- Date: 1906-1913
Article abstract: Willstätter unified thought concerning the material responsible for photosynthesis in plants and showed that this activity was the result of two basic chlorophyll molecules.
Summary of Event
When Richard Willstätter fled from the Gestapo in Nazi Germany to Switzerland in 1939, one of the few items that he took with him was his highly prized 1915 Nobel Prize certificate honoring him for chemical research. This work had resulted in establishing the composition and partial structure of chlorophyll and the certificate was, very...
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