Wilhelm Heinrich Heintz Scientist

Wilhelm Heinrich Heintz (4 November 1817 – 1 December 1880) was a German structural chemist who earned his PhD at Berlin in 1844 under Heinrich Rose.He was one of six founding members of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft and the only chemist.In 1853 he analyzed margaric acid as simply a combination of stearic acid and palmitic acid.At Halle, Heintz supervised Johannes Wislicenus's Ph.D. work, although Wislicenus' pro forma advisor at Zurich was Georg Karl Andreas Städeler.The mineral Heintzite is named for him.

Personal facts

Birth date	November 04, 1817
Birth place	Germany
Nationality	Germany
Date of death	December 01, 1880
Residence	Germany
Known for	Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft Heptadecanoic acid