Victor Villiger | |
Birth Date: | 1 September 1868 |
Birth Place: | Cham, Switzerland |
Death Place: | Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Work Institution: | University of Munich, BASF |
Alma Mater: | University of Geneva, University of Munich |
Doctoral Advisor: | Adolf von Baeyer |
Known For: | Baeyer-Villiger oxidation |
Victor Villiger (1 September 1868 - 10 June 1934) was a Swiss-born German chemist and the discoverer of the Baeyer-Villiger oxidation.
He studied at the University of Geneva. Following his graduation, he began his doctoral studies with Adolf von Baeyer at the University of Munich.
He started working at BASF in Ludwigshafen in 1905.