How to Pronounce Ivan Horbachevsky
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May 15, 1854 Zarubyntsi, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine Died on 24 May 1942 (aged 88)
eminent Ukrainian chemist
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About Ivan Horbachevsky
- 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.
