Botho von Schwerin
Count Botho von Schwerin (born March 30, 1866 in Wildenhoff ; † February 15, 1917 in Berlin ) was a German electrochemist .
The youngest son of Count Otto von Schwerin (1823–1873) on Wildenhoff (9 km northwest of Górowo Iławeckie ) in East Prussia and his wife Eugenie von Borcke (1826–1904) attended the Königsberg Wilhelmsgymnasium , studied law in Bonn at the request of his parents and passed the legal doctoral examination around 1892. He then studied chemistry at the first Berlin university laboratory and began experimenting with electroosmosis . He joined Piloty , with whom he went to Munich for a while, and published some organic-chemical work in the reports of the German Chemical Society .
He researched the technical application of electroosmosis and cataphoresis . He was the founder and board member of Elektro-Osmose Aktiengesellschaft ( Graf Schwerin Gesellschaft ) in Berlin. This was in connection with the Elektro-Osmose-Leder-AG which existed from 1921 to 1925 .
He had been a member of the Corps Borussia Bonn since 1888 .
Individual evidence
- ^ F. Foerster: Dr. Botho Graf von Schwerin † In: Journal for Electrochemistry and Applied Physical Chemistry, Volume 23, Issue 7-8, pages 126-130, April 1, 1917 doi : 10.1002 / bbpc.19170230705 (currently not available)
- ^ GeneAll.net: Botho, Count of Schwerin
- ↑ historical-wertpapiere.de: Elektro-Osmose-Leder-AG (without RM conversion)
- ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 19 , 623.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schwerin, Botho von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Electrochemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 30, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wildenhoff |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 15, 1917 |
| Place of death | Berlin |