Ludwig Barth zu Barthenau
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Ludwig Barth zu Barthenau (born January 17, 1839 in Rovereto , † August 3, 1890 in Vienna ) was an Austrian chemist.
Live and act
He spent his childhood as the son of a district office secretary in Rovereto, Schwaz , Imst and Bregenz . After his father was transferred to Innsbruck, he attended grammar school there from 1850, where he also passed his Matura in 1856 .
Ludwig Barth first studied chemistry under Heinrich Hlasiwetz at the University of Innsbruck . In 1859 he served in the Sardinian War . During a short stay at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich under Justus von Liebig and Max von Pettenkofer , he became active in the Corps Franconia Munich in 1860 . In the same year, at the age of 21, he did his doctorate in Innsbruck with Heinrich Hlasiwetz. During his time at Hlasiwetz he discovered resorcinol in the conversion of galbanum resin with caustic potash. In 1864 he became a private lecturer, in 1867 the successor to Hlasiwetz in Innsbruck, who had gone to Vienna. After Hlasiwetz's sudden death in 1875, he did not take over his position at the Technical University of Vienna in 1876 , but instead took over the teaching office of Franz von Schneider at the University of Vienna . In 1885 he was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina . Ludwig Barth zu Barthenau died in Vienna in 1890.
In organic chemistry he was particularly known for reactions with alkali melt. For example, he was able to prove that tyrosine is hydroxylated phenylalanine .
Ludwig Barth was editor of the monthly magazine for chemistry (* 1881) and worked for the Austrian pharmacopoeia.
literature
- Barth zu Barthenau, Ludwig in the Austria Lexicon
- Barth zu Barthenau Ludwig, chemist. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 51.
- Entry in Winfried Pötsch, Annelore Fischer, Wolfgang Müller: Lexicon of important chemists, Harri Deutsch 1989
- Obituary L. Barth von Barthenau . In: Monthly magazine for chemistry . 11, 1890, p. 225. doi : 10.1007 / BF01540734 .
- Obituary Senhofer, C .; Goldschmiedt, G .: Ludwig Barth von Barthenau . In: Reports of the German Chemical Society . 24, 1891, p. 1089. doi : 10.1002 / cber.189102403100 . Digitized on Gallica
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 106 , 283.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barth zu Barthenau, Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 17, 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rovereto |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 3, 1890 |
| Place of death | Vienna |