Alfred Thiel

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Alfred Thiel (born May 25, 1879 in Waldenburg (Silesia) , † June 20, 1942 in Marburg ) was a German chemist and professor at the University of Marburg .

life and work

Thiel studied chemistry in Breslau, Munich and Clausthal from 1897 to 1900; his teacher at the time together in Clausthal was Friedrich Wilhelm Küster . He received his doctorate in Gießen in 1900, completed his habilitation in physical chemistry in Münster in 1904 and then worked there as a private lecturer. In 1907 he became head of department at the Chemical Institute in Münster and in 1909 an associate professor. In 1911 he became the first scheduled associate professor at the University of Marburg . In 1913 his own institute for physical chemistry was set up, in 1919 he became a full professor and first director of the institute for physical chemistry. In 1926/1927 he was dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and in 1931/1932 the rector of the university. In November 1933 he signed the confession of the German professors about Adolf Hitler . In 1941 he was given leave of absence for health reasons. His assistant was Ernst Baars . Thiel's grave is on the main cemetery in Marburg, Ockershäuser Allee.

Thiel researched a. a. the element indium , the dissociation constant of dissolved carbon dioxide and the chemical indicators .

Chemists are familiar with his name from the book Rechentafeln für die Chemische Analytik published by Friedrich Wilhelm Küster for the first time in 1894 , which he continued from 1917 to 1942 and which is currently (2016) in its 108th edition.

Fonts

  • Küster / Thiel: Textbook of general, physical and theoretical chemistry , 1913
  • Logarithmic calculation tables for chemists , 1911 and others, later calculation tables for chemical analysis
  • Pocket book for food chemistry: auxiliary staff. fd work d. Chemist, food chemist, fermentation chemist, fat chemist, water chemist & related professions , Berlin 1938

literature

  • Inge Auerbach: Catalogus professorum academiae Marburgensis, 2nd volume: 1910 to 1971 . Marburg 1979, p. 916, ISBN 3-7708-0580-1 .
  • Christoph Meinel : Chemistry at the University of Marburg since the beginning of the 19th century: A contribution to its development as a university subject. In: Academia Marburgensis , ed. from the Philipps University of Marburg, vol. 3. Marburg: Elwert, 1978, full text (PDF; 101 MB) ISBN 3 7708 06 15 8

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Brief overview of the development of chemistry at the University of Marburg from 1609 to the present. (PDF; 4.4 MB) Ninth, improved and expanded edition. Chemistry Department at Philipps University, February 2020, p. 74 , accessed on March 28, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Thiel, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist and professor at the University of Marburg
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Waldenburg (Silesia)
DATE OF DEATH June 20, 1942
Place of death Marburg