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Homepage/About us/Our history/DChG Presidents

Presidents of the German Chemical Society (DChG)

In chronological order

Term of officePresident

1868 - 1869

August Wilhelm von Hofmann (* 1818 / † 1892)

1870

Karl Friedrich Rammelsberg (* 1813 / † 1899)

1871

Adolf Johann Friedrich von Baeyer (* 1835 / † 1917)

1872 – 1873

August Wilhelm von Hofmann (* 1818 / † 1892)

1874

Karl Friedrich Rammelsberg (* 1813 / † 1899)

1875 – 1876

August Wilhelm von Hofmann (* 1818 / † 1892)

1877

Friedrich Wöhler (* 1800 / † 1882)

1878

August Kekulé (* 1829 / † 1896)

1879

August Wilhelm von Hofmann (* 1818 / † 1892)

1880

Hermann Kopp (* 1817 / † 1892)

1881

Adolf Johann Friedrich von Baeyer (* 1835 / † 1917)

1882 – 1883

August Wilhelm von Hofmann (* 1818 / † 1892)

1884

Emil Erlenmeyer (* 1825 / † 1909)

1885

August Wilhelm von Hofmann (* 1818 / † 1892)

1886

August Kekulé (* 1829 / † 1896)

1887 – 1888

August Wilhelm von Hofmann (* 1818 / † 1892)

1889

Johannes Wislicenus (* 1835 / † 1902)

1890

August Wilhelm von Hofmann (* 1818 / † 1892)

1891

August Kekulé (* 1829 / † 1896)

1892

August Wilhelm von Hofmann (* 1818 / † 1892)

1893

Adolf Johann Friedrich von Baeyer (* 1835 / † 1917)

1894 – 1895

Emil Fischer (* 1852 / † 1919)

1896

Hans Heinrich Landolt (* 1831 / † 1910)

1897

Victor Meyer (* 1848 / † 1897)

1898

Carl Theodor Liebermann (* 1842 / † 1914)

1899

Hans Heinrich Landolt (* 1831 / † 1910)

1900

Jacob Volhard (* 1834 / † 1910)

1901

Jacobus Hendricus van't Hoff (* 1852 / † 1911)

1902

Emil Fischer (* 1852 / † 1919)

1903

Adolf Johann Friedrich von Baeyer (* 1835 / † 1917)

1904

Eduard Buchner (* 1860 / † 1917)

1905

Jacobus Hendricus van't Hoff (* 1852 / † 1911)

1906

Emil Fischer (* 1852 / † 1919)

1907

Carl Graebe (* 1841 / † 1927)

1908

Walther Nernst (* 1864 / † 1941)

1909

Otto Nikolaus Witt (* 1853 / † 1915)

1910

Otto Wallach (* 1847 / † 1931)

1911

Carl Theodor Liebermann (* 1842 / † 1914)

1912 – 1914

Wilhelm Will (* 1854 / † 1919)

1915 – 1916

Ludwig Knorr (* 1859 / † 1921)

1916 – 1918

Hermann Wichelhaus (* 1842 / † 1927)

1918 – 1920

Theodor Curtius (* 1857 / † 1928)

1920 – 1922

Carl Dietrich Harries (* 1865 / † 1923)

1922 – 1924

Fritz Haber (* 1868 / † 1934)

1924 – 1926

Richard Willstätter (* 1872 / † 1942)

1924 – 1928

Wilhelm Schlenk (* 1879 / † 1943)

1928 – 1930

Heinrich Wieland (* 1877 / † 1957)

1930 – 1932

Max Bodenstein (* 1871 / † 1942)

1932 – 1933

Alfred Wohl (* 1863 / † 1939)

1933 – 1936

Karl Andreas Hofmann (* 1870 / † 1940)

1936 – 1938

Alfred Stock (* 1876 / † 1946)

1938 – 1945

Richard Kuhn (* 1900 / † 1967)

1949 – 1960

Emergency executive: Franz Arndt (* 1884 / † 1968)

In alphabetical order

All photos, unless otherwise stated: Wikimedia Commons

Adolf Johann Friedrich von Baeyer

* 1835 / † 1917

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1905

Terms of office: 1871, 1881, 1893, 1903

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Ernst August Max Bodenstein

* 1871 / † 1942

Term of office: 1930–1932

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Eduard Buchner

* 1860 / † 1917

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1907

Term of office: 1904

Photo: Nobel Foundation

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Theodor Curtius

* 1857 / † 1928

Term of office: 1918–1920

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Richard August Carl Emil Erlenmeyer

* 1825 / † 1909

Term of office: 1884

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Hermann Emil Fischer

* 1852 / † 1919

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1902

Term of office: 1894–1895, 1902, 1906

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Carl Graebe

* 1841 / † 1927

Term of office: 1907

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Fritz Haber

* 1868 / † 1934

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1918

Term of office: 1922–1924

Photo: Nobel Foundation

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Carl Dietrich Harries

* 1865 / † 1923

Term of office: 1920–1922

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Jacobus Hendricus van't Hoff

* 1852 / † 1911

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1901

Terms of office: 1901, 1905

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August Wilhelm von Hofmann

* 1818 / † 1892

Term of office: 1868–1869, 1872–1873, 1875–1876, 1879, 1882–1883, 1885, 1887–1888, 1890, 1892

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Karl Andreas Hofmann

* 1870 / † 1940

Term of office: 1933–1936

Photo: BBAW

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Friedrich August Kekulé

* 1829 / † 1896

Terms of office: 1878, 1886, 1891

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Ludwig Knorr

* 1859 / † 1921

Term of office: 1915–1916

Photo: Wikidata

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Herrmann Kopp

* 1817 / † 1892

Term of office: 1880

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Richard Johann Kuhn

* 1900 / † 1967

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1938

Term of office: 1938–1945

Emergency director: 1960

Successor to Franz Arndt

Photo: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg

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Hans Heinrich Landolt

* 1831 / † 1910

Terms of office: 1896, 1899

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Carl Theodor Liebermann

* 1842 / † 1914

Term of office: 1898, 1911

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Victor Meyer

* 1848 / † 1897

Term of office: 1897

Photo: Heidelberg University

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Hermann Walther Nernst

* 1864 / † 1941

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1920

Term of office: 1908

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Karl Friedrich Rammelsberg

* 1813 / † 1899

Terms of office: 1870, 1874

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Wilhelm Schlenk

* 1879 / † 1943

Term of office: 1924–1928

Photo: Bavarian Academy of Sciences

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Alfred Stock

* 1876 / † 1946

Term of office: 1936–1938

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Jacob Volhard

* 1834 / † 1910

Term of office: 1900

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Otto Wallach

* 1847 / † 1931

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1910

Term of office: 1910

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Carl Hermann Wichelhaus

* 1842 / † 1927

Term of office: 1916–1918

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Heinrich Otto Wieland

* 1877 / † 1957

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1927

Term of office: 1928–1930

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Wilhelm Will

* 1854 / † 1919

Term of office: 1912–1914

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Richard Martin Willstätter

* 1872 / † 1942

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1915

Term of office: 1924–1926

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Johannes Wislicenus

* 1835 / † 1902

Term of office: 1889

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Otto Nikolaus Witt

* 1853 / † 1915

Term of office: 1909

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Friedrich Wöhler

* 1800 / † 1882

Term of office: 1877

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Alfred Wohl

* 1863 / † 1939

Term of office: 1932–1933

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