caption doctoral_advisor death_date death_place work_institution birth_place image_size nationality birth_date image article_title
theodor curtius , approx . 1880 hermann kolbe 8 february 1928 heidelberg , germany university of heidelberg duisburg , german confederation 200px german 27 may 1857 theodor curtius.gif theodor curtius

theodor curtius

`` geheimrat '' julius wilhelm theodor curtius -lrb- 27 may 1857 -- 8 february 1928 -rrb- was professor of chemistry at heidelberg university and elsewhere .
he published the curtius rearrangement in 1890/1894 and also discovered diazoacetic acid , hydrazine and hydrazoic acid .
