Francesco Mauro (chemist)
Francesco Mauro (born November 4, 1850 in Calvello , † April 5, 1893 in Naples ) was an Italian chemist.
life and work
Francesco Mauro was born in 1850 to the lawyer Giovanni Mauro and his wife Chiara Porcellini. At the age of thirteen, like many of his compatriots at the time, he wanted to emigrate to the United States . However, an epidemic that broke out on the ship forced him to return to his hometown in Marseille.
He eventually studied chemistry at the University of Naples , which he graduated at the age of 23. After a time as assistant to Stanislao Cannizzaro , he took over first in Rome and later a chair in chemistry in Naples. On March 12, 1883 he was first appointed associate professor and after a few months he was appointed full professor for docimastic chemistry, which is dedicated to the study of ores and metallic substances, at the same school. One focus of his work was the chemical characterization of minerals. At the beginning of the 1880s, Mauro expanded his research area to include elemental chemistry, focusing in particular on the element molybdenum , which had only been little researched until then.
In 1888 he was elected a corresponding member of the Accademia dei Lincei . That year Mauro married his wife Marguerite-Eugénie Didelot. The couple had no children. On April 5, 1893, he was found dead in his laboratory.
Honors
Francesco Mauro was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy and the Grand Cross of the Knightly Order of St. Mauritius and Lazarus excellent.
literature
- Maurizio D'Auria, Nicola Masini: L'opera scientifica di Francesco Mauro . In: Rendiconti della Accademia Nazionale Delle Scienze Dettal Dei XL , Series V, Vol. XXXVII, Part II, Tomo II, 2013, Roma, pp. 59–70, ISBN 978-88-548-7164-9 , doi : 10.3499 / 97888546716494 , ISSN 0392-4130 (ital.), (Pdf)
- Maurizio D'Auria, Carmine Colella, Nicola Masini: Francesco Mauro, un chimico lucano . Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, 2014, ISBN 978-88-495-2778-0
Web links
- Mauro, Francesco. In: Enciclopedie on line. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Note: most sources give 1850 as the year of birth, the source shown as an individual reference gives 1840
- ↑ G. Krüss: Herr Professor Dr. F. Mauro at Naples. In: Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 4, 1893, p. 484, doi : 10.1002 / zaac.18930040151 .
- ↑ Francesco Mauro: More about molybdenum oxyfluoride and the non-existence of copper fluorine. In: Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2, 1892, p. 25, doi : 10.1002 / zaac.18920020106 .
- ↑ Francesco Mauro: un inesplorato mistero napoletano (ital.)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mauro, Francesco |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 4, 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Calvello |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 5, 1893 |
| Place of death | Naples |