Milda Prytz

Norwegian chemist
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IntroNorwegian chemist
PlacesNorway
wasPharmacist Amanuensis Chemist Scientist
Work fieldHealthcare Literature Science
Gender
Female
Birth22 April 1891, Leith, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Death22 October 1977 (aged 86 years)
Star signTaurus
Family
Mother:Milda Dorothea Prytz
Father:Anton Jakhelln Prytz
Siblings:Frederik Prytz Eiler Hagerup Krog Prytz, Jr.
Education
University of Oslo
The details

Biography

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

Early life and education

Prytz was born in Leith, daughter of priest Anton Jakhelln Prytz and Milda Dorothea Olsen, 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.

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.

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. 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.

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