Alois Schwarz (chemist)

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Alois Schwarz (born June 19, 1854 in Kanitz , † January 14, 1928 in Zuckmantel ) was a Moravian teacher and chemist .

Life

After attending grammar school in Brno , Alois Schwarz studied chemistry at the German Technical University in Brno . Here he became a member of the Corps Austria Brno in 1873 . In 1886 he also became a member of the Corps Marchia Brno .

After completing his studies, he was a substitute professor for chemistry at the secondary school in Brno until 1879 . From 1879 to 1902 he was a full professor at the regional high school in Mährisch-Ostrau . He then headed the German girls' grammar school in Mährisch-Ostrau, which was created on his initiative and which was later given the status of a reform grammar school through his efforts .

In addition to teaching, Schwarz worked on the further development of sugar manufacturing , beer brewing and the industrial use of artificial cold . Study and research trips took him to Paris, Germany, Belgium, England and Denmark. With studies and specialist publications resulting from these trips, he gained an international reputation, especially in the brewing industry and for refrigeration technology. He played a key role in the organization of numerous exhibitions and congresses, founded the Association for the Ice and Cold Industry and was editor of the " Journal of the Association for the Ice and Cold Industry " and the " Brewing Technical Review ". For almost five decades he worked for the " Österreichische Chemikerzeitung ".

Participation in committees

  • Member of the Moravian Provincial Commission for the 1900 World Exhibition in Paris
  • Delegate of the Moravian provincial government at the international fire service congress
  • Juror of the international exhibition for fire protection and rescue in Berlin
  • Member of the exhibition committee for the international exhibition for alcohol recycling and fermentation trade in 1904
  • Member of the jury at the international hygiene exhibition in Vienna in 1906
  • Co-organizer of the first international refrigeration congresses in Paris, 1908, Vienna, 1910, and Washington-Chicago, 1913

Awards

Numerous scientific societies at home and abroad made him an honorary member, for example:

  • 1894 the International Association for the Advancement of Hygiene
  • 1900 the Fédération des sapeurs pompiers de la France, Paris
  • 1903 the Royal Institute in Lisbon

plant

  • The brewery at the Paris World Exhibition . 1878, 1879
  • Isomorphism and polymorphism of minerals . In: First annual report of the Landes-Oberrealschule in Mährísch-Ostrau , 1884
  • The use of artificial cold in breweries . 1885
  • Guide through the industrial district of Mährisch-Ostrau and the surrounding area 1886, 2nd edition: 1891
  • The generation of artificial cold and its application in industry . In: Maehrisches Gewerbeblatt , Heft 9, 1887, pp. 6-8
  • Chemistry at the Paris World's Fair . 1890
  • The German House in Mährisch-Ostrau . 1895
  • The 2nd International Refrigeration Congress in Vienna and its significance for the refrigeration industry . 1911
  • Artificial cold and its uses . 1911
  • The application and arrangement of ozone apparatures in coldrooms . In: International Congress of Refrigeration 2, 1911
  • The reform of women's studies . In: 9th annual report of the public high school for girls in Mährisch-Ostrau , 1911
  • Editor of the commemorative publication for the 1st international congress for the refrigeration industry in Paris, 1908
  • Editor of the commemorative publication for the third international refrigeration congress in Washington-Chicago, 1913

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 16 , 10
personal data
SURNAME Black, Alois
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Moravian teacher and chemist
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Dolní Kounice
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 1928
Place of death Zlaté Hory