Lawrence of Crell

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Lorentz von Crell, engraving by Johann Conrad Krüger

Lorenz (Florens) Friedrich von Crell (also: Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von Crell ; born January 21, 1744 in Helmstedt ; † June 7, 1816 in Göttingen ) was a German physician, mountain ridge and chemist .

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Lorenz Crell was the son of the physician Johann Friedrich Crell and grandson of the surgeon and botanist Lorenz Heister . He studied at the University of Helmstedt from 1765 , earned his master's degree in philosophy and received his doctorate in medicine in 1768 with the thesis Contagium vivum .

Crell was from 1771 to 1773 professor of chemistry and mineralogy at the Collegium Carolinum Braunschweig and at the anatomical-surgical institute and from 1774 full professor of medicine. From 1780 it was the ducal mountain ridge of Brunswick. From 1783 to 1810 he was also professor of philosophy and medicine at the University of Helmstedt and finally professor of chemistry at the University of Göttingen .

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In 1778 he founded the journal Chemische Annalen for the friends of the natural sciences, Arzneygelahrheit, Hausungskunst und Manufacturen . This is considered to be the world's first chemical journal to be published. He translated some works by Richard Kirwan into German. Like Kirwan, Crell believed in the phlogiston theory .

Crell was raised to the Leopoldina in 1778 and to the imperial nobility in 1781 by Emperor Leopold II . From 1778 he was also a member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences . From 1784 he was a foreign and from 1812 honorary member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences . From 1786 he was also an honorary member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg and a member of the American Philosophical Society . In 1783 he was elected Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , in 1788 a foreign member of the Royal Society , 1804 a corresponding member of the Académie des Sciences and 1807 a foreign member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Karlsruhe Chemists' Congress - a milestone in the history of chemistry. on library.kit.edu
  2. ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 62.
  3. ^ Members of the previous academies. Lorenz (Florence) Friedrich von Crell. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities , accessed on March 10, 2015 .
  4. ^ Foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1724. Lorenz (Florence) Friedrich von Crell. Russian Academy of Sciences, accessed September 24, 2015 (Russian).
  5. ↑ Member History: Lorenz Crell. American Philosophical Society, accessed July 1, 2018 .
  6. ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed October 18, 2019 .
  7. ^ Crell; Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von (? 1744-1816) , Royal Society website, accessed February 11, 2016.
  8. ↑ Member entry of Lorenz Friedrich von Crell at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , accessed on January 16, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Crell, Lorenz von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Crell, Florens Friedrich von Lorenz; Crellius, Laurentius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physician, mountain ridge and chemist
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1744
PLACE OF BIRTH Helmstedt
DATE OF DEATH June 7, 1816
Place of death Goettingen