Pompey's Bolley

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Pompey's Bolley

Pompejus Alexander Bolley , called Alexander, (born May 7, 1812 in Heidelberg , † August 3, 1870 in Zurich ) was a chemist .

Bolley studied mineralogy , mining and chemistry in Heidelberg during 1830-1836 . In 1833 he was sentenced to six months of fortress arrest after eight months of pre- trial detention because of his participation in the fraternity , in 1831 he became a member of the old Heidelberg fraternity . His doctorate followed in 1836 .

In 1838 he was appointed professor of chemistry in Aarau and was appointed vice rector of the canton school . In 1855 he followed a call to co-founder of the Swiss Federal Polytechnic in Zurich , where he became professor of technical, pharmaceutical and forensic chemistry, agricultural chemistry and toxicology and was the rector's office of this institution between 1859 and 1865. In 1864 he was the target of student protests against his strict school management. From 1841 to 1854 he edited the Schweizerisches Gewerbeblatt and since then, with Kronauer, the Schweizerische Polytechnische Zeitschrift . Bolley worked hard to promote Swiss industry.

Bolley wrote a very widespread handbook of chemical-technical investigations (5th edition by Stahlschmidt, Leipzig 1879) and began to publish a handbook of chemical technology in 8 volumes (Braunschweig 1862 ff.), In which several scientists were involved. Bolley was mainly concerned with the investigation of coloring substances and was considered to be the first authority in this area (cf. his writing Altes und Neues aus der Farbenchemie , Berlin 1868).

Bolley was repeatedly active as a reporter and president of one of the class juries at the international industrial exhibitions and edited the Swiss official reports on these exhibitions . He died on August 3, 1870 in Zurich - Fluntern .

In the main building of ETH Zurich (near room E59) there is a marble portrait bust in honor of Bolleys. Not far from the chemistry building, the city ​​of Zurich has named a street, Bolleystrasse, after the deserving chemist.

Monument to P. Bolley (JL Keizer, 1871)

literature

  • Alphons Oppenheim:  Bolley, Alexander Pompey . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 109 f.
  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I Politicians, Part 1: A – E. Heidelberg 1996, pp. 119-120.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I Politicians, Part 1: AE. Heidelberg 1996, p. 119.
personal data
SURNAME Bolley, Pompey
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bolley, Pompey Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chemist
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidelberg
DATE OF DEATH August 3, 1870
Place of death Zurich