1. The author is indebted to Dr. Alfredo Dansi, Milan, Italy, for the following biography. Mario Amadori (1886–1941) studied chemistry at the University of Padua, Italy. After graduation in 1908, he remained at the University until 1926 as an assistant of Professor Bruni in the Institute for General Chemistry. In 1926, he was appointed professor in the Pharmaceutical Institute of the University of Modena and was elected Dean of the faculty in 1940. He died suddenly on August 1, 1941. His work was devoted mostly to general and inorganic chemistry. He was the author of textbooks on general, inorganic, and pharmaceutical chemistry, and published a number of papers throughout the period 1909–1935
2. Die Amadori‐Umlagerung