Emil Bosshard
Emil Bosshard (born June 24, 1860 in Zurich ; † February 20, 1937 ) was a Swiss chemist and rector of the ETH Zurich from 1913 to 1919 .
Bosshard attended the canton school in Zurich and from 1877 studied chemistry in particular at the ETH Zurich (then a polytechnic). In addition to chemistry, he also studied botany, geology, history, art history and the history of literature. After graduating in 1880, he went into industry in Germany and Switzerland and received his doctorate in 1883 at the University of Zurich (with the theses On Knowledge of Glutamine and On Determination of Ammonia in Plant Juices ). In 1885 he became professor of chemistry and physics at the canton school in Chur and was also canton chemist. In 1890 he became a professor at the Technikum Winterthur and in 1891 he completed his habilitation at the ETH Zurich, where he became a private lecturer. In 1901 he became adjunct professor and in 1908 full professor of technical chemistry as the successor to Georg Lunge . From 1913 he was rector of ETH Zurich for three terms during the difficult period of the First World War. In 1930 he retired.
He was on the board of the Swiss Society for the Chemical Industry, on the board of trustees of the Marcel Benoist Foundation and the Aluminum Fund and, from 1919 to 1936, President of the Swiss Federal Economic Foundation, which supported scientific projects. He was also President of the Zurich Natural Research Society.
He was a citizen of Winterthur. Bosshard was a passionate mountaineer and from 1900 to 1903 SAC Central President of the SAC Winterthur section.
literature
- Obituary in Schweizerische Bauzeitung, Volume 109, 1937
- Hans Eduard Fierz , Obituary in Negotiations of the Zurich Natural Research Society, Volume 118, 1937
- a list of publications is in Helvetica Chimica Acta, 1937, No. 6
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| SURNAME | Bosshard, Emil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 20, 1937 |