Hermann Spirgatis

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Johann Julius Hermann Spirgatis (born November 28, 1822 in Königsberg i. Pr. , † November 5, 1899 ibid) was a pharmaceutical chemist and university professor.

Life

As the son of a pharmacist, Spirgatis began to study at the Albertus University in Königsberg . In 1843 he joined the Corpsland Team Normannia , which later awarded him honorary membership. He moved to the Hessian Ludwig University , where Justus von Liebig gained special significance for him. Via the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , he came to the University of Jena , which made him a Dr. phil. PhD. He returned to Königsberg and set up scientific teaching courses for pharmacists. He completed his habilitation in chemistry in 1855 and became a private lecturer . In 1860 he was given the chair for pharmaceutical chemistry at the Albertina .

Spirgatis made significant contributions to the reorganization of pharmacy teaching in Königsberg and influenced the training of the East and West Prussian pharmacy class to a high degree. He founded a pharmaceutical-chemical laboratory with his own resources and thus filled a gap in Königsberg's scientific teaching system. In the journal for practical chemistry , in Justus Liebig's annals of chemistry , in the program documents of the University of Königsberg and in the reports of the Munich Academy of Sciences , Spirgatis published many articles on scientific and technical chemistry. They concern u. a. the analysis of the alloys of copper and zinc , the constitution of the scammonium resin, the scammonium, the milk of sulfur, the turpeth resin, the occurrence of arsenic in ancient bronze , the resin of Japomaea simulans, fossil resins and the identity of the so-called immature amber with krantzite . His instructions for qualitative chemical analysis appeared in several editions.

Spirgatis was not a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina . He is on the list of candidates for admission to the Academy from 1887, but was not elected a member.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to other sources “5. November".
  2. ↑ According to other sources “3. November".
  3. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 142/85
  4. ↑ Zuwahlakte 1887: Leopoldina archive, P 2, 26-01-01
personal data
SURNAME Spirgatis, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Spirgatis, Johann Julius Hermann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pharmacist, chemist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH Koenigsberg i. Pr.
DATE OF DEATH November 5, 1899
Place of death Koenigsberg i. Pr.