Rudolf Schmitt (chemist)
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Rudolf Wilhelm Schmitt (born August 5, 1830 in Wippershain , Hesse, † February 18, 1898 in Radebeul ) was a German chemist .
Live and act
Rudolf Schmitt first studied theology in Marburg from 1853, but then chemistry with Hermann Kolbe , with whom he received his doctorate in 1861 and habilitation in 1864 “On some new derivatives of salicylic acid ”.
After an interim position as a teacher of chemistry at the Higher Trade School in Kassel, where he lost his right sight during a lecture when a glass tube exploded, Schmitt became professor of organic chemistry at the Royal Saxon Polytechnic in Dresden in 1870 . His fields of work included carboxylation . Together with his students Richard Seifert and Friedrich von Heyden, he improved the Kolbe synthesis for the Kolbe-Schmitt reaction presented by Hermann Kolbe .
After the death of Hermann Kolbe, the partner and scientific director of v. Heyden's salicylic acid factory Dr. F. v. Heyden was in Radebeul , Schmitt took over his duties there as scientific director in 1884.
In 1887 he was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina . In the same year he was accepted as a full member of the Royal Saxon Society of Sciences .
Schmitt was one of the founders of the German Chemical Society , to whose board he was elected in 1896. For health reasons, Schmitt had to refuse the election as rector of his Dresden university in 1893 and even give up his teaching duties prematurely. He died in 1898 and was buried in Radebeul.
Rudolf Schmitt was the father of the later Reich Commissioner and chairman of the supervisory board of the Chemische Fabrik v. Heyden's renamed company, Dr. Ing. E. h. Hermann Schmitt .
Honor
Since October 1, 2012, the former salicylic acid factory and later chemical factory Dr. F. von Heyden one of the historical sites of chemistry , awarded by the Society of German Chemists (GDCh) as part of a ceremony with a plaque on the main building in Radebeul. This is reminiscent of the work of Jacob Friedrich von Heyden , Adolf Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe , Rudolf Wilhelm Schmitt, Bruno Richard Seifert and Richard Gustav Müller .
Fonts
- About the diazophenols , 1868/1869.
- Constitution of dichlorazophenol , 1879.
- Contribution to the knowledge of Kolbe's salicylic acid synthesis , 1885.
literature
- Frank Andert (Red.): Radebeul City Lexicon . Historical manual for the Loessnitz . Published by the Radebeul City Archives. 2nd, slightly changed edition. City archive, Radebeul 2006, ISBN 3-938460-05-9 .
- Bernhard Sorms: Schmitt, Rudolf. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-428-11204-3 , p. 241 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Ernst von Meyer: In memory of Rudolf Schmitt . In: Journal for Practical Chemistry . 57, No. 1, 1898, pp. 397-408. doi : 10.1002 / prac.18980570130 .
Web links
- Karin Fischer: Schmitt, Rudolf Wilhelm . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Member entry of Rudolf Schmitt at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on June 25, 2016.
- ^ Members of the SAW: Rudolf Wilhelm Schmitt. Saxon Academy of Sciences, accessed on November 29, 2016 .
- ↑ Karin Fischer: Rudolf Schmitt (chemist) . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .
- ↑ The Saxon Interior Ministers at a glance: Dr. ing. eh Hermann Schmitt
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmitt, Rudolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schmitt, Rudolf Wilhelm (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist, co-founder of the Kolbe-Schmitt reaction |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 5, 1830 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wippershain , Hesse |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 18, 1898 |
| Place of death | Radebeul |