- Fritz Arndt
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name = Fritz Arndt
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caption = Fritz Arndt
birth_date = birth date|1885|7|6
birth_place =Hamburg ,Germany
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death_date = death date and age|1969|12|8|1885|7|6
death_place =Hamburg ,Germany
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work_institution =University of Greifswald ,University of Kiel ,University of Breslau ,University of Oxford University of Istanbul University of Hamburg
alma_mater =University of Geneva ,University of Bern University of Freiburg
doctoral_advisor =Ludwig Gattermann
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footnotes =Fritz Arndt was a German chemist and together with
Bernd Eistert he disoverered theArndt-Eistert synthesis .Life
Fritz Arndt was born
july 6 1885, in Hamburg but started his chemistry studies at theUniversity of Geneva followed by a theUniversity of Bern and receiving his PhD from theUniversity of Freiburg for his work withLudwig Gattermann in 1908.His academic career started with short term work at the
University of Greifswald ,University of Kiel ,University of Breslau and at theUniversity of Istanbul . During his time in Istanbul from 1915 till 1918 he established a close contact to the Turkish chemists in Istanbul. He returned to theUniversity of Breslau where he stayed until he was forced to abandon his office in 1933 by the newly electedNazi government.After his emigration in 1933 and a short stay at the
Oxford University he went back to Istanbul where he stayed from 1934 till 1955. He had great influence on the development of chemistry in Turkey.In 1955 he came back to Germany, where he professor at the University of Hamburg. Fritz Arndt died
december 12 1969 in Hamburg. [cite journal
title = Fritz Arndt
author = W. Walter,Bernd Eistert
journal =Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft
volume = 1
issue = 108
pages = I–XLIV
year = 1975
url =
doi = 10.1002/cber.19751080152 ]References
*cite journal
title = Ein Verfahren zur Überführung von Carbonsäuren in ihre höheren Homologen bzw. deren Derivate
author = Arndt, F. and Eistert, B.
journal =Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft
volume = 1
issue = 68
pages = 200–208
year = 1935
url =
doi = 10.1002/cber.19350680142
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