b. 1919, Prague, Czech.-d. 28 Nov. 1986m, Fredericton, NB
Professor, U of New Brunswick
Karel Wiesner was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, and received his PhD there for research in polarography at Bulovka Hospital. He came to the U. of New Brunswick in 1948 where he developed Canada's leading school of natural products chemistry. His former students are found at most of the major chemistry schools in Canada. He determined the chemical structure of and synthesized very complicated alkaloids and made major contributions to the fields of terpenoids and steroids. He received the highest honour of the Chemical Institute of Canada in 1963. Fellow, Royal Soc. of Canada, 1957.
Sources: The Canadian Encyclopedia, 1988
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