Fritz Muck
Fritz Muck (born March 7, 1837 in Dentlein am Forst ( Middle Franconia ), † January 22, 1891 in Bochum ) was a German chemist . He is considered to be the founder of hard coal chemistry in the Ruhr area .
Life
Fritz Muck was the son of pastor Georg Muck (1795–1879) and received school education from him at home. From 1851 to 1854 he attended the higher trade school in Darmstadt and then began studying chemistry in Munich with Justus von Liebig . In 1865 he received his doctorate in Rostock with the thesis "The constitution of a substance excreted from molten pig iron".
With his comprehensive and fundamental work based on his own experiments "Principles and Goals of Hard Coal Chemistry " (1881) he founded the new branch of science of coal chemistry .
Significant works
- The chemical elements, 1st edition Bonn 1879.
- Basics and goals of hard coal chemistry, Bonn 1881.
- Elementary book of hard coal chemistry, Bonn 1882.
- The chemistry of hard coal, Leipzig 1891.
literature
- Evelyn Kroker : Muck, Fritz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-00199-0 , p. 254 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Paul Gerhard Lameck: Dr. Fritz Muck - The founder of hard coal chemistry in the Ruhr area, Witten 1937.
- Vers .: Fritz Muck (1837-1891). In: Rheinisch-Westfälische Wirtschaftsbiographien, Volume IV. Aschendorff, Münster 1941, pp. 133–151.
Individual evidence
- ^ Paul Gerhard Lameck: Dr. Fritz Muck - The founder of hard coal chemistry in the Ruhr area, Witten 1937.
- ↑ a b Evelyn Kroker: Muck, Fritz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-00199-0 , p. 254 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Fritz Muck in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Muck, Fritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1837 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dentlein am Forst |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 22, 1891 |
| Place of death | Bochum |