Gustav caterpillar shrub
Gustav Adolf Raupenstrauch (born June 21, 1859 in Bistritz , Transylvania , † April 21, 1943 in Vienna ) was an Austrian inventor and pharmacist .
Life
Gustav Raupenstrauch, son of a pastor, studied pharmacy at the University of Vienna . He worked as a department head at the chemical testing station and the food testing institute in Wiesbaden . He developed the Lysol in 1889 . For this he used crude carbolic acid , a mixture of phenol and isomeric methylphenols , which are obtained from coal and beech tar. In connection with potash soft soap, he was able to produce the water-soluble agent, which was patented that same year. In 1890 he switched to the newly founded company Schülke & Mayr in Hamburg, which concentrated on the production of Lysol.
literature
- O. Kraupp: caterpillar bush Gustav Adolf. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 440.
Web links
- Günther Kampf (Ed.): Hand hygiene in health care. Springer, Berlin et al. 2002, ISBN 3-540-44200-6 , p. 17 ( books.google.de ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Raupenstrauch, Gustav in der Deutschen Biographie , accessed on May 9, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Caterpillar shrub, Gustav |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Caterpillar shrub, Gustav Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bistritz , Transylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 21, 1943 |
| Place of death | Vienna |