Adolf Windaus

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.

Adolf Windaus
Born
Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus

25 December 1876
Died9 June 1959(1959-06-09) (aged 82)
Göttingen, West Germany
NationalityGerman
Known forSynthesis of vitamin D
AwardsPour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts (1952)
Goethe Medal (1941)
Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1928)
Scientific career
FieldsOrganic chemistry
biochemistry
Doctoral advisorHeinrich Kiliani
Doctoral studentsAdolf Butenandt
Erhard Fernholz
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