Gutzzeit R. - German chemist, after whom the Gutzzeit reaction is named. William Henry Gutzeit was born on May 7, 1857 in Munich into a German family involved in metallurgy. In 1927, his father died and his mother was dying. Despite all this, young Wilm still lived happily and carefree, despite the fact that there was no father in his life. Having decided to abandon his education abroad, he entered the University of Munich, where his first teacher was the famous Wilhelm Mitscherlich, a German chemist. However, his years of study did not live up to expectations and he dropped out of the university and went traveling. In parallel with this, he was successfully engaged in concerts, but things were going pretty badly. A friend began to help William Henry, thereby providing him with a good income and the opportunity to study his favorite chemistry, since life has everything for this. Gutzier was best at performing chemical experiments on his fingertips. A famous Swedish chemistry professor once remarked that he was not interested in success, which he later rejoiced at. With the advent of his talent, people began to flock to Gutzes and pay him money to see chemical miracles with their own eyes. Some time later, after an invitation from a scientist at the University of Cologne to become his son-in-law, working there as a chemist, Gutzezai decided to move to Cologne, and at the same time try to satisfy his dream: to find a common language