In 1927, Heinrich Otto Wieland won the Chemistry Noble Prize.
Born: 4 June 1877 Pforzheim, Baden, Germany.
Died: 5 August 1957 (aged 80) Starnberg, Bavaria, West Germany.
Nationality: German.
Education: University of Munich.
Known as: Adamsite, Bile acids research, Barbier–Wieland degradation, Wieland-Gumlich aldehyde, Wieland rearrangement, Wieland test.
Awards: Otto Hahn Prize for Chemistry and Physics (1955), Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts (1952), Goethe Medal (1942), ForMemRS (1931), Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1927).
Fields: Chemistry, physics.
