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Johann Jacob Casimir Buch (born September 17, 1778 in Frankfurt am Main ; † March 13, 1851 there ) was a private scholar from Frankfurt.

Buch originally studied in Jena and also did his doctorate. He was a pharmacist, but quickly developed into a universal scholar who, among other things, gave private lessons. Friedrich Wöhler , who was not satisfied with his normal education, was one of his students .

Buch carried out important research work primarily in the field of experimental chemistry . In collaboration with Wöhler, Buch isolated the element iodine from “French soda”. He was also able to prove that zinc ore contained cadmium . He was able to isolate selenium from vitriol ore.

Buch was a deputy of the Standing Citizens' Committee at the Appeals and Criminal Court in Frankfurt, at the same time he was also a member of the City Court, Curatel Office, City Justice Office and the Fiscalat. In 1824 he was a co-founder of the Physikalischer Verein .

Buch had married his cousin Sophie Friederike Buch in 1801, but they divorced in 1808. Two children were entered in the birth register with Buch as their father, Johann Samuel Eduard Buch and Maria Friederike Buch, but their biological father was Joseph Eduard d'Alton .

literature

  • Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 92.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roswitha Burwick: Naturwissenschaftliche Schriften I: Publications 1799-1811 . 2007, p. 1145 .
  2. ^ Johann Christian Poggendorff: Biographical-literary concise dictionary for the history of the exact sciences . 1863, p. 327 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  3. ↑ Catherine Gobert: The Demonic Amazon. Louise de Gachet and the genesis of a literary type of woman in German romanticism . 1998, p. 30 .
  4. ↑ Hans Dierkes: Four unpublished letters by Dorothea Veits and Friedrich Schlegel from 1802 . S. 146 .
  5. ^ Ernst F. Schwenk: Great moments in early chemistry: from Johann Rudolph Glauber to Justus von Liebig . 2000, p. 217 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  6. ^ Ernst F. Schwenk: Great moments in early chemistry: from Johann Rudolph Glauber to Justus von Liebig . 2000, p. 218 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  7. ↑ Heinz Fricke: 150 years of the Physikalischer Verein Frankfurt a. M. 1974, p. 11 .
  8. ↑ Heinz Härtl (Ed.): Briefwechsel II (1802-1804) . S. 587 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
personal data
SURNAME Book, Johann Jacob Casimir
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Book, Johann Jakob Casimir
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German private scholar
DATE OF BIRTH 17th September 1778
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 1851
Place of death Frankfurt am Main