Is science a brotherhood? The case of Siegfried Ruhemann

Saltzman, Martin D.

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Title

Is science a brotherhood? The case of Siegfried Ruhemann

Author(s)

Saltzman, Martin D.

Issue Date

2000-09-15

Keyword(s)

• History
• Chemistry
• Ninhydrin Biog Ruhemann History

Abstract

A brief biog. of chemist Siegfried Ruhemann is presented to show that sometimes science is not a brotherhood. Ruhemann made a most important contribution in 1910 with the discovery of ninhydrin and its use as reagent to characterize the presence of amino acids and peptides. He was born on Jan. 4, 1859 in the East Prussian town of Johannesburg. The family moved to Berlin, Germany, in 1866 after the death of his father. He became a naturalized British citizen on Jan. 17, 1903. Being of German descent, his loyalty to Britain was questioned during the start of the Second World War, and he was hounded by nationalist British scientists.

Publisher

Division of the History of Chemistry

ISSN

1053-4385

Type of Resource

text

Genre of Resource

article

Language

eng

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/126180

DOI

https://doi.org/10.70359/bhc2000v025p116

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Copyright 2000 Division of the History of Chemistry

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