Anna (Hana, Anushka) Weizmann (; ; 1886 – February 17, 1963) was a Russian-Israeli

chemist A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a graduated scientist trained in the study of chemistry, or an officially enrolled student in the field. Chemists study the composition of ...

Biography

Anna Weizmann (Hana) was born in a large family to Ezer Weizmann and Rachel-Leah Chemerinskiy. Sister of

Chaim Weizmann Chaim Azriel Weizmann ( ; 27 November 1874 – 9 November 1952) was a Russian-born Israeli statesman, biochemist, and Zionist leader who served as president of the World Zionist Organization, Zionist Organization and later as the first pre ...

and Moshe Weizmann. She studied in

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from 1905 to 1912. She worked for a year (1913-1914) in

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in the chemical laboratory of the university, and lived in the house of her brother. After

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she worked in the Biochemical Institute in

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under the direction of . Arriving in

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in 1933, she started working at the Institute of Ziv (later renamed the

Weizmann Institute The Weizmann Institute of Science ( ''Machon Weizmann LeMada'') is a Public university, public research university in Rehovot, Israel, established in 1934, fourteen years before the State of Israel was founded. Unlike other List of Israeli uni ...

) in

Rehovot Rehovot (, / ) is a city in the Central District (Israel), Central District of Israel, about south of Tel Aviv. In it had a population of . Etymology Israel Belkind, founder of the Bilu (movement), Bilu movement, proposed the name "Rehovot ...

. Upon her retirement in 1959, she was appointed honorary professor at the institute.

Ezer Weizman Ezer Weizman (, ; 15 June 1924 – 24 April 2005) was an Israeli major general and politician who served as the president of Israel, first elected in 1993 and re-elected in 1998. Before the presidency, Weizman was commander of the Israeli Air ...

, President of Israel, was the son of her brother Yechiel.

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Outstanding Personalities of Haif

The Chaim Weizmann Laboratory
1886 births 1963 deaths Israeli chemists Israeli women chemists Expatriates from the Russian Empire in Switzerland Expatriates from the Russian Empire in the United Kingdom Soviet emigrants to Mandatory Palestine

Anna Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna of East Anglia, King (died c.654) * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th c ...

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