Franz Ferdinand Schulze
Franz Ferdinand Schulze (born January 17, 1815 in Naumburg , † April 14, 1873 in Rostock ) was a German chemist and university professor.
biography
As the second son of a respected craftsman, he was handed over to the care of his childless uncle at the age of 10, who was then the school principal in Duisburg. After attending grammar school in Duisburg, the Fürstenschule St. Afra near Meißen and grammar school in his home town of Naumburg, where he also took the Abitur exam, he first studied theology in Leipzig from 1832, but soon turned to studying natural sciences. In 1836 he obtained his doctorate in Berlin. phil. and became an assistant to the Berlin chemist and later rector of the Friedrich Wilhelms University Eilhard Mitscherlich , where he turned to agricultural chemistry.
In 1837 he was appointed to teach chemistry and physics at the newly founded Agricultural Academy in Eldena near Greifswald. At the same time, he completed his habilitation as a private lecturer in chemistry and technology at the University of Greifswald , where he became an associate professor. In 1850 Schulze followed the call to the professorship for physics, chemistry and pharmacy at the University of Rostock .
Schulze was twice rector of the Rostock University, honorary doctor of the medical faculty, director of the Mecklenburg Patriotic Association and was involved in drafting the first German Reich Pharmacopoeia in 1872, the first German pharmacopoeia .
Franz Ferdinand Schulze was married twice. His older son from his marriage to Charlotte Sydow was the zoologist and founder of the zoological institutes in Rostock and Berlin, Franz Eilhard Schulze (1840–1921). After the death of his first wife in 1850, he had been married to Mathilde von Langermann since 1852.
literature
- / Nekrolog Franz Schulze , In: VI. Meeting reports of the K. Academy in Vienna 1872 November – December, pp. 775–779.
- Bernhard Lepsius: Schulze, Franz Ferdinand . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 34, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1892, pp. 749-751.
- Arnold Schulze-Forster: Franz Schulze, a pioneer in the field of water, soil and air hygiene. In: The Medical World , 10, 1936.
Web links
- Entry on Franz Ferdinand Schulze in the Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium
- Literature about Franz Ferdinand Schulze in the state bibliography MV
- Photo portrait of Franz Ferdinand Schulze in the Deutsches Museum in Munich
Remarks
- ↑ Mitscherlich was also the godfather and namesake of the first son Franz Eilhard in 1840.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schulze, Franz Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 17, 1815 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naumburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 14, 1873 |
| Place of death | Rostock |