Leo Pantocsek
Leo Valent Pantocsek (Pantotsek) (* 1812 in Kielce , Poland, † September 11, 1893 in Zlatnó , today Slovakia) was a Hungarian chemist and photography pioneer.
Life
Leo Valent Pantocsek studied medicine in plague , but did not work as a doctor. He worked as a chemist in the JGZahn glass factory in Slatnó. In what was then Hungary , he was the first to work with daguerreotypes in the 1840s and with photography in the following years. In 1849 he invented hyaloplasty . In glass production, he achieved great success in the production of white and colored glass as well as mirrors. So he also made glass coins. For this development he received the gold medal at the Paris World Exhibition in 1889 .
Pantocsek was the uncle of the botanist and also photo pioneer Jozef Pantocsek .
Works
- Aquae minerales Alsó-Sebesienses , medical dissertation, Pest, 1843.
literature
- I.Chalupecký: Pantocsek (Pantotsek), Leo Valent (1812-1893). In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 7, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 316.
Web links
- Glassworks in Zlatno (Slovakia) 1836 - 1986 (PDF, German; 310 kB)
- Leo Valent Pantocsek , in: A Pallas Nagy Lexikona (Hungarian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pantocsek, Leo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pantotsek, Leo Valent; Pantocsek, Leo Valent |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian chemist and photography pioneer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1812 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kielce , Poland |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 11, 1893 |
| Place of death | Zlatnó , Slovakia |