Carl Emanuel Brunner
Carl Emanuel Brunner , also Karl Emanuel Brunner , (born January 25, 1796 in Bern , † March 22, 1867 ibid) was a Swiss chemist .
Life
Brunner came from the Bernese patrician family Brunner , was the son of the landlord and grand councilor Samuel Brunner and studied pharmacy in Bern, Berlin , Göttingen and Paris from 1816 onwards . He did a PhD. In 1821 he became professor of chemistry at the Bern Academy, where he modernized the laboratory and teaching, and after its conversion into a university in 1834, he became professor of chemistry and pharmacy. From 1838 to 1842 he was dean and 1836/37 rector of the university. In 1861 he resigned.
Brunner presented a number of elements in pure form and made contributions to analytical chemistry , for example the analysis of air, of gold in alloys and apparatus with an aspirator that, similar to a water-jet pump , blew air through. He proposed the introduction of gas lighting in Bern, which he met in London.
He was a landscape painter and a member of the Bern Artists' Society.
literature
- Winfried R. Pötsch (lead), Annelore Fischer, Wolfgang Müller: Lexicon of important chemists . Harri Deutsch 1989, ISBN 3-8171-1055-3 , p. 70.
- Therese Steffen Gerber: Brunner, Karl. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Web links
- Publications by and about Carl Emanuel Brunner (1796–1867) in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brunner, Carl Emanuel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brunner, Karl Emanuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 25, 1796 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 22, 1867 |
| Place of death | Bern |