Johannes Wislicenus
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Johannes Wislicenus (24 June 1835 - 5 December 1902) was a German chemist who was born in Klein-Eichstedt in Thuringia. He studied in Zurich and later attained the chair of chemistry at Würzburg (1872) and Leipzig (1885).
Wislicenus' work was primarily in the field of organic chemistry, and he is remembered for his studies involving stereochemistry. He used the term geometric isomerism to explain the phenomena of two substances having different physical properties, yet possessing an identical chemical structure. His pioneer work led to research of stereoisomerism and the importance of spatial arrangement of atoms within a molecule.
In 1898 Wislicenus was awarded the Davy Medal by the Royal Society of London.
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