Peter Danckwortt
Peter Walter Friedrich Danckwortt (born October 30, 1876 in Magdeburg , † March 30, 1962 in Hanover ) was a German pharmacist , chemist and university professor.
Life
Danckwortt was born the son of the pharmacist Hermann Danckwortt and went to high school in Magdeburg. After graduating from high school , he began training as a pharmacist. He studied pharmacy and chemistry at the University of Leipzig . During this time he was a student and at the same time assistant to Ernst Otto Beckmann . Danckwortt received his license in 1903 and received his doctorate three years later . He also passed the food chemist exam that year. In 1911 Danckwortts habilitation as a private lecturer in pharmaceuticals and food chemistry followed at the technical-chemical institute of the University of Breslau . His career was interrupted by the First World War , in which he was an air officer on the Eastern Front. Together with Wernher von Braun , he laid the foundations for modern gas warfare. He constructed his own apparatus for gas attacks, with which he carried out attacks as an air officer. Danckwortt was taken prisoner by Russia in 1916 , from which he did not return until 1920. At first he was employed at the University of Greifswald , where he became an associate professor for pharmaceutical chemistry. From 1924 he was professor of chemistry at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Hanover . He was appointed rector's office there in 1930 and was appointed honorary professor of food chemistry and toxicology a year later. His retirement followed in 1947 . Danckwortts work on luminescence enabled the detection of counterfeit banknotes.
Awards
- 1951: Honorary doctorate from Hanover University
- 1955: Great Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Fonts
- Cryoscopic valuation of drugs , dissertation. Leipzig 1906.
- Siberia and its economic future , 1921.
- Luminescence analysis in filtered ultraviolet light , 1928.
literature
- Reichs Handbuch der Deutschen Gesellschaft - The handbook of personalities in words and pictures . First volume, Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1930, ISBN 3-598-30664-4
Web links
- Literature by and about Peter Danckwortt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Peter Danckwortt in the Magdeburg Biographical Lexicon
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thanks, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Danckwortt, Peter Walter Friedrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pharmacist, chemist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 30, 1962 |
| Place of death | Hanover |