Späth, Ernst#
b. Beroun, Czech Republic (then Baern), May 14, 1886, d. Zurich (Switzerland), Sept. 30, 1946, chemist. Professor at the University of Vienna. 1938-1945 Secretary General, 1945/1946 President of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Dedicated much time to the research of alcaloids,determined the structure of more than 120 vegetable substances; editor of the scientific periodical "Monatshefte fuer Chemie".
Publication#
Geschichte der Chemie in Oesterreich, 1927.