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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Chemistry (180) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1920s (54) 1928 (4) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1870s (42) 1876 (4) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, central (101) Germany (84) Berlin (10) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1950s (45) 1959 (5) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, central (62) Germany (56) Göttingen (7) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name A-D (182) A (79) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name S-Z (212) W (44) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name A-D (94) A (39) Adolf (2) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 50 - 59 (231) 53 (23) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Physical Scientists (333) Chemists and Materials Scientists (111) Chemists (111) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, central (117) Germany (98) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Europe (232) Europe, central (70) Germany (64) Göttingen (5) University of Göttingen (5) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, central (165) Germany (154) Berlin (62) Humboldt University of Berlin (56) Alumni (32) Freiburg (21) University of Freiburg (21) Alumni (11) Short-term academic staff (5) Göttingen (44) University of Göttingen (44) Long-term academic staff (12) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) B (102) Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (67) E-P (571) G (195) German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (179) Göttingen Academy of Sciences (26) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences (54) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards A-B (362) A (285) Adolf-von-Baeyer Gold Medal (7) C-D (404) C (272) Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (11) K-L (297) K (173) Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (14) O-P (364) P (242) Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts (65) complete name: Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus nobel prize: chemistry award year: 1928 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1928 was awarded to Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus "for the services rendered through his research into the constitution of the sterols and their connection with the vitamins." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Adolf family name: Windaus occupation: chemist occupation: university teacher field of work: organic chemistry work location: University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany description: Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus 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 was born in Berlin. His interest in chemistry was raised by lectures of Emil Fischer. He started studying medicine and chemistry in Berlin and later in Freiburg. He got his PhD in early 1900 and focused on cholesterol and other sterols at the University of Freiburg. In 1913 he became professor of chemistry at the University of Innsbruck and in 1915 he changed to the University of Göttingen where he stayed until his retirement in 1944. He was involved in the discovery of the transformation of cholesterol through several steps to vitamin D3 (Cholecalciferol). He gave his patents to Merck and Bayer and they brought out the medical Vigantol in 1927. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1928. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1928/summary/> date birth: 1876 date death: 1959 usual name: Adolf Windaus
