Adolfo Doering

Adolfo Doering (born January 22, 1848 in Neuwaake near Göttingen as Adolf Döring; † February 19, 1925 in Capilla del Monte , Córdoba ) was a German-Argentine chemist , geologist and zoologist . His older brother was Oscar Döring .

Members of the Argentine Academy of Sciences (1876): Adolf Doering standing on the right, his brother Oscar in front of him.

Life

Adolfo Doering received his doctorate from the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen . In 1872 he went to Argentina in the wake of Hermann Burmeister , where he initially became the assistant to the chemist Hermann Siewert from Halle. Two years later his brother followed to Argentina. In 1875 he became an associate professor of organic chemistry at the National University of Cordoba . From 1892 to 1916 he also held the chair of zoology . As Siewert's successor, he became secretary of the Argentine Academy of Sciences . He dealt with mineral water analyzes and analyzes of salts from salt mines in Argentina and undertook geological studies in Patagonia .

El aire (1876)
La química del carbono o tartado de química orgánica según las teorías modernas, con aplicación a las artes, industria, medicina y farmacia (1877)
Informe Oficial de la Comisión Científica Agregada al Estado Mayor General del General Roca (1881)
La sierra de Choyque Mahuida (1882)
Zoología (1882)
Separacion y determinacion cuantitativa del ácido vanádico ; Buenos Aires (1883)
Nota al estudio sobre la constitución geológica del subsuelo en la Cuenca de Córdoba del Dr. Joaquin Frenguelli (1918)

personal data
SURNAME	Doering, Adolfo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Döring, Adolf (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German-Argentinian chemist, geologist and zoologist
DATE OF BIRTH	January 22, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH	Neuwaake near Göttingen
DATE OF DEATH	February 19, 1925
Place of death	Capilla del Monte , Cordoba