Eugen Bamberger (19 July 1857 – 10 December 1932) was a German chemist and discoverer of the Bamberger rearrangement.

Life and achievements

Bamberger started studying medicine in 1875 at the

University of Berlin The Humboldt University of Berlin (, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin, Germany. The university was established by Frederick William III on the initiative of Wilhelm von Humbol ...

, but changed subjects and university after one year, starting his studies of science at the

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in 1876. He returned to Berlin in the same year and focused on chemistry. He received his PhD for work with

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in Berlin and became assistant of Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg at Charlottenburg and in 1883 of

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at the

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, where, after his

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in 1891, he became associate professor for chemistry. The Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH Zurich) appointed him professor in 1893, where he stayed until a severe illness forced him to retire from the position in 1905. He suffered from limited control of his right arm and severe headache for the rest of his life. Still he did research work in a private laboratory at ETH. In the last years of his life he lived at

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. He died there in 1932.

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* *Short bio of Bamberger for his 150th birthday at the ETH-Websit
here
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Life and achievements

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