Ludwig Clamor Marquart
Ludwig Clamor Marquart (also Louis Clamor Marquart , born March 29, 1804 in Osnabrück , † May 10, 1881 in Bonn ) was a German pharmacist and entrepreneur .
biography
In 1835, Marquart coined the name “ anthocyanins ” for flower pigments in his treatise “The colors of flowers” .
In 1846 he founded a utensil shop in Bonn called Marquart's Lager Chemischer Utensilien , which Carl Gerhardt (father-in-law of the painter August Macke ) joined as an apprentice. In 1872, Carl Gerhardt acquired the business from his teacher Marquart. The company later changed its name to “C. Gerhardt Fabrik & Lager chemischer Apparate GmbH & Co. KG ”became the property of the Macke family, who are now the fifth generation to manage it.
Also in 1846 he founded the Dr. LC Marquart OHG , a factory for fine chemicals, disinfectants and active pharmaceutical ingredients, founded in 1892 by Dr. Alfred Kölliker was taken over, was converted into an AG in 1921 and later merged into the Degussa company . Today the plant belongs to Evonik Industries .
In the meantime, around 1865, he also joined the Société française de Wothlytypie , from which he received the license to produce pictures using the new Wothlytypie process.
He was a member of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Doctors and from August 1834 a member of the Botanical Association on the Middle and Lower Rhine .
On 30 November 1840 he was awarded the academic nickname I. Gmelin of a member (1481 matriculation number.) Leopoldina selected.
Marquart is also considered to be the co-inventor of baking powder as part of a project with Justus von Liebig and Eben Norton Horsford . Marquart was the first to produce baking powder industrially as part of his company.
Fonts
- The colors of the flowers . Habicht, Bonn 1835 digitized
- Textbook of practical and theoretical pharmacy, with special consideration for aspiring pharmacists and doctors . 2nd edition / edit. by Ernst Hallier and Hermann Ludwig. Mainz: Kunze ( digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf ), 1st 1865 , 2nd 1865 , 3rd 1866
literature
- Karl Justus Andrae: Dr. Ludwig Clamor Marquart. Obituary . Georgi, Bonn 1881.
- Guido Bayer: Dr. Ludwig Clamor Marquart. (1804-1881). A contribution to the history of the chemical-pharmaceutical industry . Bonn 1962, (Bonn, Univ., Diss.).
- Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the imperial Leopoldino-Carolinische German academy of natural scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann , Jena 1860, p. 268 (archive.org)
Web links
- Clamor Marquardt's membership entry at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , accessed on February 17, 2018.
- Biography at Evonik Industries
- History of the LC Marquart OHG in Bonn
- History of the company "C. Gerhardt "(formerly" Marquart's warehouse of chemical utensils ")
- History of the company "Evonik" Bonn-Beuel site
- Chemical factory Dr. LC Marquart AG in Beuel . In: KuLaDig, culture. Landscape. Digital.
Notes and individual references
- ↑ At some sites on the Internet you can find the spelling of the surname as "Marquardt". According to official, official documents (extract from the commercial register of the company founded in 1846, which still exists today), however, the spelling "Marquart" is correct.
- ↑ Members of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Doctors 1857
- ^ Members of the Botanical Association on the Middle and Lower Rhine as of July 31, 1836
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marquart, Ludwig Clamor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marquart, Louis Clamor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pharmacist and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1804 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Osnabrück |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 10, 1881 |
| Place of death | Bonn |