Richard Möhlau
Richard Bernhard Julius Möhlau (born September 2, 1857 in Cologne , † September 9, 1940 in Dresden ) was a German chemist and university professor. His field of work was the chemistry of dyes .
Richard Möhlau grew up as the son of a Düsseldorf entrepreneur. From 1876 he studied chemistry , physics , mineralogy and philosophy at the Dresden Polytechnic (a predecessor of the Technical College / University of Dresden) . In 1879 he was at the University of Freiburg with a thesis on "Ortho-azoxy, azo, hydrazo phenetole and Orthodiäthoxybenzidin" doctorate . He had written it in Dresden under the guidance of Rudolf Schmitt .
In 1880 Möhlau founded the Institute for Color Chemistry and Dyeing Technology at the Polytechnic, which he was constantly expanding. He completed his habilitation in Berlin in 1882 under August Wilhelm von Hofmann . In Dresden he received an extraordinary professorship in 1886 and a full professorship in 1893. In 1892 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . From 1895 to 1911 he held the professorship for color chemistry and dyeing technology there. He was the rector of the Dresden University of Technology in 1908/09.
Most of the oldest tar dye samples in the historical dye collection at the Technical University of Dresden came from Richard Möhlau . The Bischler-Möhlau indole synthesis , which he developed around the same time as August Bischler , is named after him.
His gravestone in the Johannisfriedhof in Dresden has been preserved.
literature
- Waltraud Voss : Richard Möhlau founded the first German university laboratory for paint chemistry and dyeing technology . In: Dresdner Universitätsjournal 8/2002 . Dresden April 30, 2002, p. 8 ( online [PDF; 544 kB ] with a photo).
Footnotes
- ^ History of the dye collection. Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry at TU Dresden, accessed on October 15, 2017 .
Web links
- Heads, directors and rectors from the Technical Educational Institute to the Technical University of Dresden (illustrated)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Möhlau, Richard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Möhlau, Richard Bernhard Julius (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 2, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 9, 1940 |
| Place of death | Dresden |