Josef Herzig

Josef Herzig (25 September 1853 – 4 July 1924) was an Austrian chemist.

Josef Herzig
Herzig c. 1920
Born	(1853-09-25)25 September 1853 Sanok, Austria-Hungary
Died	4 July 1924(1924-07-04) (aged 70) Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Alma mater	University of Vienna
Known for	Herzig–Meyer alkimide group determination
Awards	Lieben Prize (1902)
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Vienna
Doctoral advisor	Ludwig Barth
Doctoral students	Hans Meyer, Jacob Pollak
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Herzig was born in Sanok, Galicia, which at that time was part of Austria-Hungary. Herzig went to school in Breslau until 1874, started studying chemistry at the University of Vienna but joined August Wilhelm von Hofmann at the University of Berlin in the second semester. He worked with Robert Bunsen at the University of Heidelberg and received his PhD for work with Ludwig Barth at the University of Vienna. He later became lecturer and, in 1897, professor at the University of Vienna. He died in Vienna in 1924.^[1][2]

Work

Herzig was active in the chemistry of natural products. He succeeded in determining the structure of flavonoids quercetin, fisetin and rhamnetin as well as several alkaloids.^[1][2]

See also

• Jacobsen rearrangement