August Dupré
August Dupré (born September 6, 1835 in Mainz , † July 15, 1907 in Edcombe, Sutton, Surrey ) was an English chemist of German descent.
He studied chemistry at the universities of Giessen and Heidelberg , where he received his PhD in 1855. phil. PhD. Shortly afterwards he went to England and was first assistant at Guy's Hospital, in 1863 lecturer in toxicology and in 1864 professor of chemistry at the Medical School of Westminster Hospital in London . In 1866 Dupré was naturalized in England.
He worked on water pollution, sewerage, and explosives. In 1859, together with F. Dupré, he carried out a spectral analysis of the London water using the Kirchhoff and Bunsen method. He also demonstrated copper in plant and animal organisms.
In 1871 he became Chemical Referee at the Medical Department of Her Majestie's Privy Council , in 1875 a member of the Royal Society and in 1906 a member of the Ordnance Research Board.
Publications
- On the Specific Heat and other Physical Characters of Mixtures of Ethylic Alcohol and Water ; London 1869
Individual evidence
- ↑ CS: Dr. August Dupré, FRS In: Nature 76, 318-318 (August 1, 1907) doi : 10.1038 / 076318a0
- ^ Advances in Physics XVI, 1860, p. 231ff.
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| SURNAME | Dupré, August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-British chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 6, 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mainz |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 15, 1907 |
| Place of death | Edcombe, Sutton, Surrey |