Hugo Erdmann
Hugo Erdmann (born May 8, 1862 in Prussian Holland , Province of Prussia , † June 25, 1910 in Müritzsee , Priborn ) was a German chemist and university professor .
Life
After taking private lessons from his father, Erdmann attended grammar school in Tilsit . He studied mathematics and chemistry in Strasbourg, Munich and at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg . In 1883 he was in Rudolph Fittig at the University of Strasbourg (then Kaiser-Wilhelms-University of Strasbourg) with the theme Condensationen and metamorphoses of Phenylcrotonsäuren doctorate . In 1894 he became a professor of chemistry in Halle and in 1901 moved to the Technical University of Charlottenburg in Berlin . Together with Jacob Volhard he discovered the thiophen synthesis , the Volhard-Erdmann cyclization named after the two. In 1898 he created the name "noble gases". Erdmann died in a ship accident on the Müritzsee in the municipality of Priborn .
Works (selection)
- together with Paul Köthner : Natural constants in alphabetical order .
literature
- Lockemann, Georg: Hugo Erdmann. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 572 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Entry on Hugo Erdmann in the Catalogus Professorum Halensis
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data, publications and academic family tree of Hugo Erdmann at academictree.org, accessed on February 4, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Erdmann, Hugo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prussian Holland , East Prussia |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 25, 1910 |
| Place of death | Müritzsee , Priborn |