Jędrzej Śniadecki
Jędrzej Śniadecki (born October 30, 1768 in Rydlewo near Żnin , † May 11, 1838 in Vilnius ) was a Polish chemist and doctor.
Life
Śniadecki studied medicine in Kraków and Pavia , where he received his doctorate in medicine in 1793. He then spent two years in Edinburgh , among others with Joseph Black , and one year in 1795 in Vienna. From 1797 he was professor of chemistry and medicine in Wilna.
Since his stay with Joseph Black he was a follower of the teachings of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier .
With his textbooks he contributed to the dissemination of knowledge of modern chemistry in Poland and to the development of the technical language of chemistry in Poland.
In 1808 he described a new element made of platinum ore, which he named Vestium after the recently discovered asteroid Vesta . But it was not recognized by the French Academy at the time. It may have been ruthenium .
He was the brother of the mathematician and astronomer Jan Śniadecki .
Fonts
- Początki chemii (Beginnings of Chemistry), Vilnius 1800
- Teorya Jestestw Organicznych, 2 volumes, Warsaw 1804, Vilnius 1811 and more
- German translation: Theory of organic beings, Königsberg 1810, French translation: Chimie et théorie des etres organisés, 2 volumes, Paris 1825
literature
- Winfried R. Pötsch (lead), Annelore Fischer, Wolfgang Müller: Lexicon of important chemists . Harri Deutsch 1989, ISBN 3-8171-1055-3 , p. 399.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Śniadecki, Jędrzej |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish chemist and doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1768 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rydlewo |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 11, 1838 |
| Place of death | Vilna |