Emil Kopp (chemist)
Carl Emil Kopp (French Carles Emile Kopp) (born March 3, 1817 in Wasselnheim ( Alsace ), † November 30, 1875 in Zurich ) was a German chemist .
Life
Kopp was born in 1817 as the son of Christian Gottlieb Kopp (according to the birth certificate of Emil Kopp Chrétien Theophile Kopp) and Caroline Kuntz in Wasselnheim. In 1847, Kopp was appointed professor of toxicology and chemistry at the École supérieure de pharmacie at the University of Strasbourg . Two years later he was appointed professor of physics and chemistry at the Lausanne Academy, but from 1852 worked again as a chemist in an alizarin factory near Manchester . In 1868 Kopp received a professorship for technology in Turin and worked from 1871 until his death as professor for technical chemistry at the ETH Zurich . There he discovered u. a. the tar dye Aurantia .
Kopp died in Zurich on November 30, 1875.
Web links
- Martin Kurz: Kopp, Emile. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Article by / about Emil Kopp in the Polytechnisches Journal
supporting documents
- ↑ Birth certificate 44/1817 registry office Wasselonne.
- ↑ List of professors at ETH .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kopp, Emil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1817 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wasselnheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 30, 1875 |
| Place of death | Zurich |