Ernst Darmstaedter

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Ernst Darmstaedter (born January 13, 1877 in Mannheim , † November 12, 1938 in Stockdorf near Munich ) was a German chemical historian.

Live and act

He was the nephew of Ludwig Darmstaedter and son of Julius Darmstaedter and studied from 1897 in the laboratory of Fresenius in Wiesbaden and then at the University of Heidelberg , where he received his doctorate in 1901 (on the hydrazide of n-tetramethylene dicarboxylic acid adipic acid). After completing his doctorate, he was in Geneva and from 1906 as a private scholar in Munich. He dealt with the history of the natural sciences and especially chemistry ( Georgius Agricola , Paracelsus , pseudo-Geber and others). From 1922 to 1928 he published the Munich Contributions to the History of Natural Sciences and Medicine.

Since 1930, much of his valuable library has been part of what is now the Wellcome Library in London.

On November 12, 1938, Ernst Darmstaedter committed suicide in connection with the November pogroms .

literature

Fonts (selection)

  • Medicine and Alchemy. Paracelsus Studies. Barth, Leipzig 1931 (= studies on the history of medicine , 20).
  • Stone books: a brief overview of mineralogical literature from the standpoint of the book lover. In: Philobiblion , Volume 7, 1934, pp. 261-278.
  • The alchemy of the donor, translated and explained by Ernst Darmstaedter. Springer, Berlin 1922, Internet Archive ; Reprints Vaduz (Sendet) 1969 and Walluf 1978.
  • Georg Agricola, 1494–1555: Life and Work. (= Munich contributions to the history and literature of the natural sciences and medicine, 1), Verlag der Münchner Drucke 1922.
  • Editor with Carl Schiffner : Georg Agricola: Twelve books on mining and metallurgy. Berlin, VDI Verlag, Munich: Agricola Society 1928.
  • Mountain, Probir and Art Books. Munich 1926 (= Munich contributions to the history and literature of the natural sciences and medicine , 2/3).
  • Per la storia dell '"Aurum potabile". In: Archivo di storia della scienza 5, 1924, No. 3, pp. 251-271.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Munich Wiki: List of 1938 Nazi pogrom
personal data
SURNAME Darmstaedter, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemical historian
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 1938
Place of death Stockdorf near Munich