Hans Adolf Wislicenus

Hans Wislicenus or Hans Adolf Wislicenus (* February 18, 1867 in Zurich ; † June 9, 1951 in Herrsching am Ammersee ) was a German chemist who dealt early with forest dieback and its chemical causes through smoke damage .

Life

The son of the chemist Johannes Wislicenus studied chemistry up to his doctorate "summa cum laude" in 1892 at the University of Leipzig through his knowledge of the geometric-isomeric crotonic acids and some derivatives . During his studies he became a member of the AMV zu Würzburg . In 1895 he was appointed to the TH Karlsruhe with a teaching position for chemistry, in 1896 to the Tharandt Forestry College near Dresden as a full professor for chemistry and forest chemical technology. In 1931 he joined the NSDAP and in 1933 he signed the confession of German professors to Adolf Hitler . His successor from 1935 was Heinrich Wienhaus .

Fonts

• Forest dieback in the 19th century , Berlin 1908 repr. VDI-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1985 ISBN 978-3-18-400695-2
• Experimental smoke damage: experiments on the external and internal processes of the action of soot, acid mists and the like highly diluted acidic gases on d. Plants , Berlin 1914

literature

• Martin Bemmann: Damaged vegetation and dying forest: On the emergence of an environmental problem in Germany 1893-1970 , Vandenhoeck u. R., Göttingen 2012 ISBN 978-3-525-31710-5

Individual evidence

1. ^ Association of Alter SVer (VASV): Address book. Membership directory of all old men. As of October 1, 1937. Hanover 1937, p. 239.
2. ↑ Reiner Pommerin : 175 years of TU Dresden. Volume 1: History of the TU Dresden 1828–2003. Edited on behalf of the Society of Friends and Supporters of the TU Dresden e. V. von Reiner Pommerin, Böhlau, Cologne a. a. 2003, ISBN 3-412-02303-5 , p. 172.

Web links

• Family homepage ( Memento from April 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive )