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Moritz Traube

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Moritz Traube · Science & Medicine

What

Chemist and physiologist known for semipermeable membranes

When

1826, Ratibor, Prussia (now Racibórz, Poland) — 1894, Berlin, Germany

Where

Germany

Biography

Moritz Traube is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Chemist and physiologist known for semipermeable membranes

How & why

Moritz Traube was a German chemist and physiologist, a wine merchant who pursued science privately, best known for creating artificial semipermeable membranes and for insights into osmosis that influenced physical chemistry and cell theory. He also advanced the understanding of biological oxidation and fermentation. He was Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry

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Chemist and physiologist known for semipermeable membranes

1826

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry