Ada Prins
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Ada Prins | |
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 Ada Prins in 1931 | |
| Born | 18 September 1879 |
| Died | 20 July 1977 (aged 97) Voorburg, Netherlands |
| Alma mater | University of Amsterdam |
| Occupations | chemist, author |
| Known for | First Dutch woman to hold a doctorate in chemistry |
| Relatives | Huibert Nicolaas Prins (brother) |
Ada Prins (18 September 1879 – 20 July 1977) was a Dutch chemist and became the first woman in the Netherlands to earn a PhD. in chemistry in 1908.[1]: 1057 She was a high school teacher for thirty years at the lyceum, and was later appointed as a lecturer at the University of Leiden. She is known for writing chemistry textbooks on organic and inorganic chemistry, and quantitative analysis.
Prins obtained her doctorate from the University of Amsterdam under the supervision of Richard Roland Holst, with the thesis Vloeiende mengkristallen in binaire stelsels (Liquid mixed crystals in binary systems).[1][2] She taught for thirty years in high school and at the lyceum, and was appointed as a lecturer at the University of Leiden.[1]
She went on to enhance her reputation by writing chemistry textbooks.[1]: 1057 Together with the engineer Grada P. de Groot, she wrote Guidelines for inorganic and organic chemistry with its application in industry and household. In 1935, the second edition was published by Nijgh & van Ditmar NV Rotterdam. She also wrote the Brief Guidelines for Qualitative Chemical Analysis, published by Scheltema & Holkema's Boekhandel and Uitgeverers-mij NV – Amsterdam. In 1952, the last and seventh improved edition was published.[2]
