Richard Joseph Meyer

Richard Joseph Meyer (born August 24, 1865 in Berlin ; † June 18, 1939 there ) was a German chemist .

Life

Richard Joseph Meyer graduated in 1890 to study natural sciences, mathematics and philosophy with a thesis on oxidation of quinoline derivatives from, subsequently held assistant positions held and led from 1897 to 1927 as co-owner along with Arthur Rosenheim The Rosenheim 1891 Carl Friedheim founded Scientific chemical Laboratory Berlin N.

In 1900 Meyer received his habilitation in inorganic chemistry and taught until 1933 as a non-official associate professor in Berlin. He was primarily concerned with the inorganic and analytical chemistry of scandium and yttrium and, since 1925, was in charge of the 8th edition of the standard chemical work Gmelins Handbuch der Inorganic Chemistry , which was published after his death by Ernst Hermann Erich Pietsch (* May 6, 1902 Berlin, † April 9, 1979 Bad Homburg) was continued.

Fonts (selection)

• Gmelin's Handbook of Inorganic Chemistry. Edited by the German Chemical Society. Modifications made by RJ Meyer. (Numerous volumes and editions of the 8th edition).
• Rare earths bibliography: cerite earth, yl earth earth and thorium. Hamburg and Leipzig: Leopold Voss 1905.
• On the question of the damage to paper pulp and paper production caused by potash liquors. Graefenhainichen: C. Schulze 1916.

literature

• Walter Killy, Rudolf Vierhaus (ed.): German biographical encyclopedia (DBE). Volume 7. Munich 1999, p. 109.
• Bernd Wöbke:  Meyer, Richard Joseph. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , p. 369 ( digitized version ).

Web links

• Photograph by Richard Joseph Meyer in the portrait collection of Berlin university teachers
• Literature by and about Richard Joseph Meyer in the catalog of the German National Library