Hermann Irving Schlesinger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetHermann Irving Schlesinger
American chemist
Date of Birth: 11-Oct-1882
Place of Birth: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Date of Death: 03-Oct-1960
Profession: chemist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Hermann Irving Schlesinger
- Hermann Irving Schlesinger (October 11, 1882 – October 3, 1960) was an American inorganic chemist, working in boron chemistry. He and Herbert C.
- Brown discovered sodium borohydride in 1940 and both were involved in the further development of borohydride chemistry. Schlesinger studied chemistry at the University of Chicago from 1900 till 1905, where he received his Ph.D.
- for work with Julius Stieglitz. In the following two years, he worked with Walther Nernst at the University of Berlin; with Johannes Thiele at the University of Strasbourg; and with John Jacob Abel at Johns Hopkins University. From 1907 to 1960, he taught at the University of Chicago.
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