Anna Weizmann
Born
אנה (חנה) ויצמן

1886
Motol, Russian Empire
DiedFebruary 17, 1963
Rehovot, Israel
NationalityIsraeli
OccupationChemist
Years active1905 – 1959

Anna (Hana, Anushka) Weizmann (Hebrew: אנה (חנה) ויצמן; Russian: Анна Вейцман; 1886 – February 17, 1963) was an Israeli chemist.

Biography

Anna Weizmann (Hana) was born in a large family to Ezer Weizmann and Rachel-Leah Chemerinskiy. Sister of Chaim Weizmann and Moshe Weizmann. She studied in Zurich from 1905 to 1912. She worked for a year (1913-1914) in Manchester in the chemical laboratory of the university, and lived in the house of her brother. After World War I she worked in the Biochemical Institute in Moscow under the direction of Professor Bach. Arriving in Palestine in 1933,[1][2] she started working at the Institute of Ziv (later renamed the Weizmann Institute) in Rehovot. Upon her retirement in 1959, she was appointed honorary professor at the institute.

Ezer Weizman, President of Israel, was the son of her brother Yechiel.

References

  1. ↑ Дом ученых и специалистов Реховота Научный семинар, посвященный памяти Хаима Вейцмана
  2. ↑ weizmann.ac.il History of the Faculty of Chemistry


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