Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Meissner

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Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Meißner (born July 2, 1792 in Halle (Saale) , † April 30, 1853 there ) was a Prussian , German pharmacist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " CFWMeissn. ". He coined the term alkaloid in 1819 .

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Meißner was the son of a pharmacist (Löwen-Apotheke) in Halle. In 1808 he acquired the Abitur at the Ratsgymnasium in Halle and then studied medicine in Halle and from 1810 in Berlin. When his father died, he had to break off his studies and completed an apprenticeship as a pharmacist in his father's pharmacy, which was now run by his uncle Friedrich Ludwig. Then he went to the Roman pharmacy in Erfurt from Christian Friedrich Bucholz (1770-1818), who was also a chemistry professor at the University of Erfurt, with whom he became friends and where he received his doctorate. In 1820 he passed the state examination in pharmacy in Berlin and took over the Löwenapotheke in Halle. In 1842 he sold his pharmacy, but was still scientifically active. He also worked as a city councilor, economist and honorary city ​​councilor .

Meißner coined the term alkaloids in 1819 after he found veratrine in the Sabadill seed (first in a publication in 1819 in the Journal für Chemie und Physik). This was preceded by the discovery of the first such alkaline plant active ingredient by Friedrich Sertürner (published in 1804 and with more attention in 1817). The work of 1819 was his first scientific publication.

He was the first to describe the mold Eurotium medium C.FWMeissn. He examined various central German brines and worked as a botanist, especially on mosses, lichens and ferns with publications in the botanical journal .

With Bucholz he published the almanac for cutting artists and pharmacists from 1816 , and from 1825 to 1829 with GH Stolze the Berliner Jahrbuch der Pharmacie . He also published in both magazines.

In 1817 he was accepted into the Masonic lodge "To the three swords" in Halle. With Rudolph Brandes, he founded the Bucholz Foundation - later the Hagen-Bucholz Foundation - in 1822 to promote the next generation in pharmacy.

He married Johanna Christina Bucholz, the daughter of Christian Friedrich Bucholz, in Erfurt in 1820. With her he had four sons and three daughters.

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  1. ^ Meißner discovery of sabadillin , in: Schweiggers Journal for Chemistry and Physics, Volume 25, 1819, pp. 379–81
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SURNAME Meissner, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pharmacist and mycologist
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1792
PLACE OF BIRTH Halle (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH April 30, 1853
Place of death Halle (Saale)