Börje Wickberg (27 February 1926 – 3 March 2013) was a Swedish

chemist A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a graduated scientist trained in the study of chemistry, or an officially enrolled student in the field. Chemists study the composition of ...

. Wickberg graduated with a

PhD A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the deg ...

in 1960 from the

Royal Institute of Technology KTH Royal Institute of Technology (), abbreviated KTH, is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden. KTH conducts research and education in engineering and technology and is Sweden's largest technical university. Since 2018, KTH consist ...

with a thesis on carbohydrate chemistry and was simultaneously awarded the title as

Docent The term "docent" is derived from the Latin word , which is the third-person plural present active indicative of ('to teach, to lecture'). Becoming a docent is often referred to as habilitation or doctor of science and is an academic qualifi ...

. In 1960–61, he was a research associate at lowa State University, USA, and in 1961–62 at Indiana University, USA. During part of this time, he worked with natural products' chemist Ernest Wenkert. In 1966 he was appointed Professor of organic chemistry at

Lund University Lund University () is a Public university, public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities. The university is located in the city of Lund in the Swedish province of Scania. The university was officially foun ...

where he stayed until his retirement in 1991. He was elected to the

Royal Physiographic Society in Lund The Royal Physiographic Society in Lund (), is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden. It was founded in Lund, on December 2, 1772, and received a Royal Charter by Gustav III, on March 6, 1778.Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences () is one of the Swedish Royal Academies, royal academies of Sweden. Founded on 2 June 1739, it is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization that takes special responsibility for promoting nat ...

in 1984.

Sources

* Sterner, Olov; ”Forskade om svampars kemi”, Sydsvenska Dagbladet Snällposten, Malmö, March 27, 2013 (in swe) *''

Vem är det ''Vem är det'', with the subtitle ''Svensk biografisk handbok'', is a Swedish ''Who's Who'' biographical reference publication which has been published in 46 editions since 1912. References External links''Vem är det''at Project Runeberg ...

: Svensk biografisk handbok 1969'', Sten Lagerström (Ed.), P. A. Norstedt & Söners Förlag, Stockholm 1968. p. 1024

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wickberg, Börje 1926 births 2013 deaths Swedish chemists Academic staff of Lund University Members of the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Scientists from Stockholm