Alexander Crum Brown
Alexander Crum Brown (born March 26, 1838 in Edinburgh , † October 28, 1922 there ) was a Scottish chemist .
Life
Brown graduated from the Royal High School in Edinburgh. In 1861 he received his MD with the topic On the theory of chemical combination . He then studied in London , in Heidelberg with Robert Wilhelm Bunsen and in Marburg with Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe . In 1863 he got a job at the University of Edinburgh . In the same year he became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . In 1865 he became a member of the Royal College of Physicians .
Brown was Professor of Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh from 1869 to 1908. His main focus was organic chemistry . He pioneered the representation of chemical compounds in diagram form .
literature
- David E. Dunning: What are models for? Alexander Crum Brown's knitted mathematical surfaces , Mathematical Intelligencer, 2015, No. 2, pp. 62–70
Web links
- University of Edinburgh: Alexander Crum Brown (Engl.)
- Marburger and other chemical bonds
- Literature by and about Alexander Crum Brown in the WorldCat bibliographic database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data, publications and academic family tree of Alexander Crum Brown at academictree.org, accessed on January 22, 2018.
- ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed October 13, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brown, Alexander Crum |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1838 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Edinburgh |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 28, 1922 |
| Place of death | Edinburgh |