Sibrandus Stratingh
Sibrandus Stratingh (also Sebrand A. Stratingh , born April 9, 1785 in Adorp , † February 15, 1841 ) was a Dutch professor of chemistry and inventor.
Stratingh was born in the Groningen city of Adorp, where his father Everhardus Stratingh was a pastor. He grew up with his uncle Laurens Stratingh, who worked as a pharmacist in Groningen and went to Latin school here. At the age of 13 he began studying at the University of Groningen . In 1801 he and his friend Theodorus van Swinderen founded the Society for the Advancement of Physical Sciences in Groningen . Finally, in 1824, he became professor of general, applied and pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of Groningen.
In his life he made a number of inventions, especially with regard to locomotion. Stratingh was probably the first to operate a vehicle with an engine (in this case steam) in the Netherlands. This happened on March 22nd, 1834, when he and his assistant, the instrument maker Christopher Becker , took the first "drive" through the streets of Groningen.
The Provincial Groninger Courant reported on March 25, 1834:
“In the early hours of this morning, on March 22nd, Messrs. Stratingh and Becker made the first test drive with their steam vehicle, which led through the hilly and winding streets of the city with a positive result. The developers were so satisfied with the test that they believe that a few small improvements will enable the vehicle not only to drive over new stone and rock roads without problems, but also over the bumpy cobblestone streets [...] "
On November 3, 1835, he made a second trip from Groningen to De Punt, which is about 20 kilometers south of Groningen. The trip took place without any problems. A number of news reports report on these adventures. Stratingh received an incentive bonus of 600 guilders from the then King Wilhelm I. The king wanted to be kept informed about Stratingh's inventions and visited him in 1837.
Stratingh later also built an electric vehicle that has been preserved. This is probably the first electrically powered vehicle in the Netherlands. Stratingh died unexpectedly on February 15, 1841, at the age of 56.
On November 28, 1822, he was awarded the academic nickname Cramer I. a member (Matriculation no. 1259) to the scholarly Academy Leopoldina selected.
Sibrandus Stratingh married Rika van Eerde, daughter of the lawyer and Groningen professor of history Jan Rudolf van Eerde on July 11, 1832 in Groningen . The physician and historian Gozewinus Acker Stratingh was his nephew.
Web links
- Sibrandus Stratingh (1785-1841): Professor of Chemistry and Technology. University of Groningen, October 2, 2015(English, Dutch ).
- Member entry of Sebrand A. Stratingh at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the Imperial Leopoldino-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann, Jena 1860, p. 255 (archive.org) .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stratingh, Sibrandus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stratingh, Sebrand A .; Cramer I. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch university professor, professor of chemistry and inventor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1785 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Adorp |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 15, 1841 |