12 Facts About Adolph Strecker

Adolph Strecker was a German chemist who is remembered primarily for his work with amino acids.

Adolph Strecker attended school in Darmstadt until 1838 when he changed to the higher Gewerbeschule.

Adolph Strecker refused one offer to work for Liebig, but in 1846 he accepted another and became Liebig's private assistant at the University of Giessen.

Adolph Strecker finished his habilitation in 1848 and became a lecturer at the university.

Adolph Strecker investigated a wide variety of problems in both organic and inorganic chemistry during his time at Giessen.

Adolph Strecker wanted to leave Giessen for a position at the University of Berlin, but when he heard of an open position at Norway's University of Christiania, he applied for it and in 1851 became a professor there.

Adolph Strecker left Norway on Christian Gottlob Gmelin's death in 1860 to accept the latter's position at the University of Tubingen.

Adolph Strecker became an officer during the war and returned to the university after it, where he started his last semester.

Adolph Strecker died in Wurzburg, where he is buried in the Hauptfriedhof.

Adolph Strecker, while serving as a professor in Norway, returned to Germany for several holidays.

Adolph Strecker had given birth on October 2,1853, to Friederike Caroline Sophie Christiane Natalie Strecker.

Adolph Strecker Stecker married a second time on September 29,1855.