Heinrich Brunner (chemist)

Heinrich Hermann Rudolf Brunner (also Henri Brunner , born May 2, 1847 in Lübeck , † January 9, 1910 in Lausanne ) was a Swiss chemist .

Life

Heinrich Brunner was a son of Anselm Brunner from Zurich and his wife Henriette, née Duval.

He studied chemistry at the University of Zurich , completed an internship in Tharandt in the Kingdom of Saxony and received his doctorate in Zurich in 1871 . He then worked as a private lecturer in Zurich and was appointed associate professor of chemistry at the University of Lausanne in 1873 and full professor in 1875 , where he was appointed the first director of the pharmaceutical institute. In later years he was responsible for setting up the Chemical Institute, which was inaugurated in 1893.

Heinrich Brunner carried out research in the field of inorganic and organic chemistry and toxicology. He investigated plant acids and their biosynthesis as well as the effect of persulfates.

On December 19, 1887 Heinrich Brunner was registered under matriculation no. 2709 accepted as a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina .

Heinrich Brunner was married to Julie-Louise, nee Duperrex, the daughter of Jules Duperrex, Professor of History and Rector of the University of Lausanne.

Fonts

with Ernest Chuard : Phytochemical Studies . In: Reports of the German Chemical Society, 19, 6, 1886, pp. 595–622

literature

Paul-Emile Pilet: Heinrich Brunner. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . May 10, 2001 , accessed April 13, 2020 .

Web links

Member Post by Heinrich Brunner at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

Notes and individual references

↑ in other sources, in contrast to the HLS, Zurich is not given as the place of birth, but rather Zurich
↑ Carl Hermann Knoblauch (Ed.): Leopoldina . Official organ of the Imperial Leopoldino-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists. 23rd issue. In commission at Wilh. Engelmann in Leipzig, Halle 1887, p. 206 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).

personal data
SURNAME	Brunner, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Brunner, Henri; Brunner, Heinrich Hermann Rudolf (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss chemist
DATE OF BIRTH	May 2, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lübeck
DATE OF DEATH	January 9, 1910
Place of death	Lausanne

[1] ther sources, in contrast to the HLS, Zurich is not given as the place of birth, but rather Zurich

[2] Carl Hermann Knoblauch (Ed.): Leopoldina . Official organ of the Imperial Leopoldino-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists. 23rd issue. In commission at Wilh. Engelmann in Leipzig, Halle 1887, p. 206 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).