Ivan Horbachevsky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ivan Horbachevsky

eminent Ukrainian chemist

Date of Birth: 15-May-1854

Place of Birth: Zarubyntsi, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 24-May-1942

Profession: physician, politician, chemist, pedagogue, university teacher, biochemist

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Ivan Horbachevsky (Ukrainian: ???? ?????? ?????????????, Ivan Jakovyc Horbacevskyj; 5 May 1854, Zarubince – 24 May 1942, Prague) also known as Jan Horbaczewski, Johann Horbaczewski or Ivan Horbaczewski, was an eminent Austrian chemist and politician of Ukrainian origin.
From 1872 to 1878 he studied medicine at the University of Vienna, Austria.
In 1883 he was appointed extraordinary professor and, in 1884, ordinary professor at the University of Prague by the Emperor, and was the rector of the same university for a time.
He is particularly known for his contributions in organic chemistry and biochemistry.
He was the first to synthesize glycine.
He also noticed that aminoacids were building blocks of proteins.
Horbachevsky worked in Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Ukraine.
In Imperial Austria, he was appointed minister of public health in the summer of 1918, heading the first health ministry in Europe.