Franz Sondheimer

Franz Sondheimer
FRS
Born(1926-05-17)May 17, 1926
Stuttgart, Germany
DiedFebruary 11, 1981(1981-02-11) (aged 54)
Stanford, California, United States
NationalityGerman, British
Alma materImperial College London
Known forContributions to the synthesis of natural products and steroid hormones
AwardsIsrael Prize (1960), Corday-Morgan Medal and Prize (1961), Fellow of the Royal Society (1967)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsWeizmann Institute, University of Cambridge, University College London

Franz Sondheimer FRS[1] (17 May 1926 – 11 February 1981) was a German-born British[2] professor of chemistry. In 1960, he was awarded the Israel Prize for his contributions to science.

  1. ^ Jones, Ewart; Garratt, Peter (1982). "Franz Sondheimer. 17 May 1926-11 February 1981". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 28: 505–536. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1982.0020. JSTOR 769909. S2CID 72095881.
  2. ^ Arrival record, flight from Tel Aviv to New York, 19 November 1958