Heinrich Jacob (Heinrich) Goldschmidt (1857–1937)

Bohemian chemist. Son of Salomon Goldschmidt and Julie von Portheim. Student in Vienna, Graz, and Prague; PhD, Prague, 1881. Lecturer, Zurich Polytechnic, 1881–5; honorary professor, 1885–94; professor, University of Amsterdam, 1894–6; professor extraordinarius, University of Heidelberg, 1896–1901; professor, University of Christiania, 1901–29. Worked in organic chemistry, especially aromatic and nitrogen-containing compounds.