Max Schmidt (chemist)

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Max Schmidt (born October 13, 1925 in Vöhringen , Illertissen district ; † April 22, 2002 in Würzburg ) was a German chemist who held the chair for inorganic chemistry at the University of Würzburg from 1965 until his retirement in 1994 . His research was mainly dedicated to the chemistry of sulfur .

Life

From 1945 Schmidt studied chemistry at the University of Munich , where he joined the Catholic student union WkSt.V. in 1947. Unitas Munich joined. He obtained his diploma in 1949 and received his doctorate in 1951 under Egon Wiberg with a thesis on hydrides of gallium, indium and thallium.

Schmidt went on a research stay at the University of Durham in Great Britain and was an assistant at the Institute for Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Munich. In 1956 he completed his habilitation in Munich. In his habilitation thesis he researched sulfanedisulfonic acids . He stayed in Munich as a private lecturer until 1962 and was then appointed full professor of inorganic chemistry at the University of Marburg. On October 1, 1965, he then moved to the newly established Chair of Inorganic Chemistry in Würzburg, where, together with Siegfried Hünig, he was significantly involved in the conception of the university expansion at Hubland.

His students include Peter Jutzi , Otto J. Scherer , Hubert Schmidbaur , Herbert Schumann and Walter Siebert as well as Markus Wieber (* 1936), who received his doctorate from Schmidt in 1961 and joined the Institute for Inorganic Chemistry in 1965, Wolfgang Malisch (* 1943 ), who did his habilitation in 1975 in Würzburg, Wolfgang Kläui (habilitated in Würzburg 1980) and Wolfdieter Schenk (* 1944; doctorate with Max Schmidt in 1973 and habilitation in 1980). Thanks to his lecture assistant Witt, Schmidt gave " extremely popular experimental lectures that covered the entire spectrum of inorganic and general chemistry " (quotation Schmidbaur) and were widely used as a small pocket textbook on inorganic chemistry. At semester graduation parties, he always sought and found closeness to his students.

Scientifically, Schmidt researched mainly on chain-like sulfur compounds, in particular on polysulfanes , chlorosulfanes and organic polysulfides . Schmidt also devoted himself to flue gas desulphurization , for which he received several patents. He retired in 1994.

Prizes and awards

Offices in academic self-government (selection)

  • Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the University of Würzburg (1968–1969)
  • Dean of the Natural Science Department II at the University of Würzburg (1977–1979)
  • Chairman of the Commission for the International Office (from 1973)
  • Vice President of the University of Würzburg 1982–1994 (retirement)
  • Shop steward of the German Research Foundation (DFG) at the University of Würzburg.
  • Chairman of the Central Commission for the Promotion of Young Scientists (since 1985)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfgang Burr (ed.): Unitas manual . tape 5 . Verlag Franz Schmitt, Siegburg 2005, ISBN 3-87710-502-5 , p. 263 .
  2. ^ University of Marburg, page 60f (PDF; 1.3 MB)
  3. ^ Hubert Schmidbaur:  Schmidt, Max. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-428-11204-3 , pp. 209 f. ( Digitized version ).
  4. ^ Klaus Koschel: The development and differentiation of the subject chemistry at the University of Würzburg. In: Peter Baumgart (Ed.): Four hundred years of the University of Würzburg. A commemorative publication. Degener & Co. (Gerhard Gessner), Neustadt an der Aisch 1982 (= sources and contributions to the history of the University of Würzburg. Volume 6), ISBN 3-7686-9062-8 , pp. 703–749; here: p. 745 f.
  5. ↑ Max Schmidt: Inorganic Chemistry. Mannheim 1967 (= Bibliographical Institute: University Pocket Books, 86).

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personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Voehringen
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 2002
Place of death Wurzburg