Milda Dorothea Prytz

Milda Dorethea Prytz (1891-1977) was a Norwegian chemist.[1]

Milda Dorothea Prytz
Born22 April 1891
Leith
Died22 October 1977
Parent(s)Anton Jakhelln Prytz
Relatives

Early life and education

Prytz was born in Leith, daughter of priest Anton Jakhelln Prytz and Milda Dorothea Olsen,[2] and sister of goldsmith Eiler Hagerup Krog Prytz Jr. and Fascist politician Frederik Prytz. She grew up in Bergen, until she moved with her parents to Gloppen in 1904. She attended Bergen Cathedral School from 1908 to 1910.[2]

She was educated at the University of London and gained her doctorate from the University of Oslo.

Her thesis from 1925 is titled Bidrag til azofarvestoffenes reduksjonskinetik.[2]

Professional life

Prytz was a scientific assistant and amanuensis at the University of Oslo for many years (1918–1948), and docent in chemistry 1948–1957.[3] She published regularly in scientific journals on the polarographic analysis of hydroxamic acids and electrolytic reduction of monovalent and polyvalent cations.

She also wrote the textbooks Quantitative Analysis and Inorganic Chemistry.

References
  1. Joy Harvey and Marilyn Ogilvie (1 January 2000). Milda Dorothea Prytz. The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science. 2. Marilyn Ogilvie and Joy Harvey (editors). New York and London: Routledge. p. 1059. ISBN 978-0-415-92040-7.
  2. Bassøe, Bjarne, ed. (1935). Studentene fra 1910: Biografiske oplysninger samlet til 25-års-jubileet 1935 (in Norwegian). Oslo: J. Chr. Gundersen, Boktrykkeri. p. 277.
  3. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Prytz Milda". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 448. Retrieved 20 November 2017.



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