José Luis Casaseca
José Luis Casaseca y Silván (born August 25, 1800 in Salamanca , † October 9, 1869 in Barcelona ) was a Spanish chemist .
Casaseca was Professor of Chemistry at the Real Conservatorio de Artes and founder of the Faculty of Pharmacy in the Cuban capital Havana . From 1842 he was a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .
In 1826 he described thenardite, a newly discovered mineral and naturally occurring sodium sulfate.
Web links
- Desde Andalucita a Zincosita: Un Recorrido por los Minerales Descubiertos en España (PDF; 800 kB), in: Estudios Geol. , 60: 3-10 (2004)
- Annales de chimie et de physique, volume 32, p. 308 in the Google book search
Individual evidence
- ↑ Member entry of José Luis Casaseca Silván at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , accessed on January 13, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Casaseca, José Luis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Casaseca y Silván, José Luis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 25, 1800 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salamanca |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 9, 1869 |
| Place of death | Barcelona |