Adolf Windaus

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Adolf Windaus
Born	Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus 25 December 1876 Berlin, German Empire
Died	9 June 1959(1959-06-09) (aged 82) Göttingen, West Germany
Nationality	German
Known for	Synthesis of vitamin D
Awards	Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts (1952) Goethe Medal (1941) Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1928)
Scientific career
Fields	Organic chemistry biochemistry
Doctoral advisor	Heinrich Kiliani[citation needed]
Doctoral students	Adolf Butenandt Erhard Fernholz

Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus (German pronunciation: [ˈaːdɔlf ˈvɪndaʊs] ^ⓘ; 25 December 1876 – 9 June 1959) was a German chemist who won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1928 for his work on sterols and their relation to vitamins. He was the doctoral advisor of Adolf Butenandt who also won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1939.