Eduard Gildemeister (chemist)
Martin Wilhelm Eduard Gildemeister (born April 6, 1860 in Bonn , † May 8, 1938 in Bremen ) was a German chemist.
His parents were the orientalist Johannes Gustav Gildemeister and Johanna, a daughter of August Wilhelm Gildemeister. A son of his cousin Martin was the architect Eduard Gildemeister (* 1848 in Bremen).
After a year as an assistant in Bonn, he studied pharmacy in Bonn, Munich and Freiburg / Breisgau. In 1888 he received his doctorate under Otto Wallach in Bonn with the thesis "To the knowledge of eucalyptus oils".
He joined Schimmel & Co. in Miltitz near Leipzig as a research assistant, was promoted to director in 1900, and in 1917 to head of the entire production department.
With the pharmacist Friedrich Hoffmann, born on June 20, 1832 in Wriezen an der Oder, who had spent a while in Lunow, Bagemühl, in Prenzlau as a pharmacist with Johann Friedrich Holtz and New York City, he published the standard work “Die Ethereal oils ”(new edition: Berlin 1959).
He married Dora, the daughter of the Bremen pastor Adalbert Portig (1842–1916).
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz20971.html
- ↑ Sabine Knoll-Schütze e.Kfr
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gildemeister, Eduard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gildemeister, Martin Wilhelm Eduard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bonn |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 8, 1938 |
| Place of death | Bremen |