Friedrich Emich
Friedrich Emich (born September 5, 1860 in Graz ; † January 22, 1940 ibid) was an Austrian chemist.
Life
Friedrich Emich studied chemistry at the Imperial and Royal Technical University in Graz . There he taught inorganic and general chemistry from 1887 to 1931. He was rector for three periods . With Fritz Pregl he devoted himself to microchemistry . His daughter Fritzi (1907-2002) married the ENT doctor Werner Kindler in 1949 .
Honors
The Association of German Chemists awarded him the Liebig Memorial Medal in 1931 . The Society of Austrian Chemists awards the Friedrich Emich plaque named after him . Emich was elected to the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 1927.
In 1931 he received the Great Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria . In 1970 the Emichgasse in Donaustadt (22nd district) was named after him. In 1990 the Austrian Post issued a special postage stamp on the 50th anniversary of his death.
literature
- Grete Ronge: Emich, Friedrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 478 ( digitized version ).
- Emich Friedrich. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 245.
- Friedrich Emich: Textbook of Microchemistry , Bergmann, Wiesbaden 1911, online - Internet Archive .
Web links
- Entry on Friedrich Emich in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Personalities at TU Graz: Friedrich Emich (July 10, 2012)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Emich, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 5, 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Graz |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 22, 1940 |
| Place of death | Graz |