Adolf Beythien
Adolf Carl Heinrich Beythien (born January 29, 1867 in Quakenbrück , † June 6, 1949 in Dresden ) was a German food chemist and university professor.
Life
Beythien studied from 1885 to 1889 at the University of Göttingen . In 1885 he became a member of the Göttingen Wingolf .
After working in various factories, he initially worked for the Chemical Investigation Office of the city of Wroclaw . From 1899 he was director of the "Municipal Chemical Investigation Office" in Dresden for over 30 years . In 1910 he was appointed professor at what was then the TH Dresden . Since he also had "clear legal thinking", he also played a decisive role in the further development of food law in the Reich Health Council .
Beythien was the author and editor of numerous books and publications on food analysis and food science.
His son was the composer Kurt Beythien (1897–1974).
Awards
- 1928 Honorary Senator of the Technical University of Dresden
- 1934 Joseph König commemorative coin
- 1938 gold medal in Brussels
Publications (selection)
- Food counterfeiting and their detection (1914)
- Folk nutrition and substitutes (1922)
- Laboratory book for the food chemist (1931, various editions until 1979)
- (as editors with C. Hartwich and M. Klimmer): Handbuch der Nahrungsmitteluntersprüfung (4 volumes) 1914
- (as editor with Ernst Dressler): Merck's Warenlexikon
- The development of modern food chemistry, in: Journal for the investigation of food and beverages, Vol. 50, July / August 1925, pages 14-21
literature
- Reichs Handbuch der Deutschen Gesellschaft - The handbook of personalities in words and pictures . First volume, Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1930, ISBN 3-598-30664-4
- Friedrich Egger: Beythien, Adolf Carl Heinrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 210 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Adolf Beythien in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ List of members of the Göttingen Wingolf. Year 2007. p. 37.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beythien, Adolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beythien, Adolf Carl Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German food chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Quakenbrück |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 6, 1949 |
| Place of death | Dresden |