Theodor Scheerer

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Carl Johann August Theodor Scheerer (born August 28, 1813 in Berlin , † July 19, 1875 in Dresden ) was a German chemist , geologist and mineralogist .

Life

From 1826 to 1829 Scheerer attended the trade school in Berlin. In 1830 he began studying at the Bergakademie Freiberg , which he continued in 1832 at the University of Berlin . In 1833 he took a job as a metallurgical chemist at the blue paint works in Modum ( Norway ), where he rose to become a metallurgical master. In 1839 he returned to Berlin and acquired the title of Dr. phil., then he went on trips and stayed u. a. also in Freiberg . In 1841 he was appointed lecturer for metallurgy, metallurgical technology and the art of tasting at Christiania University. He dealt with mineral analysis and described for the first time u. a. the Euxenit (1840) and the Wöhlerit (1843).

In 1847 he returned to the Bergakademie Freiberg, where he became professor of chemistry a year later. He held lectures on practical and analytical chemistry , as well as (from 1856) on theoretical chemistry and metallurgy . In 1862 he was named a mountain ridge . In 1853 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences . Since 1855 he was a full member of the Royal Saxon Society of Sciences . In 1862 he was elected a foreign member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . In 1863 he was accepted into the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina .

Theodor Scheerer captivated his audience in his lectures “with ingenious humor” and, in addition to his scientific work, was also active as a poet. For example, he wrote the epic Stauf and the verse Academic Pictures from the old Freiberg , published for the 100th anniversary of the Bergakademie .

Due to an eye condition, he retired in 1873 and moved to Dresden , where he died of pneumonia on July 19, 1875. Clemens Winkler succeeded Scheerer at the Bergakademie.

Works (selection)

  • About the Wöhlerite, a new mineral species. In: Annals of Physics and Chemistry. Volume 59, 1843, pp. 327-336 digitized
  • Textbook of metallurgy with special reference to chemical and physical principles . 2 vols., Friedrich Vieweg & Son, Braunschweig.
  • Soldering tube book. Instructions for using the soldering tube and a description of the most excellent soldering tube blowers . 1st edition, Friedrich Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig 1851. Digitized
  • Some remarks on oligoclase and the feldspar family in general . Vieweg Braunschweig, 1853, digitized
  • Paramorphism and its meaning in chemistry, mineralogy and geology . Friedrich Vieweg & Son, Braunschweig 1854. Digitized
  • Remarks and observations on aft crystals . Vieweg, Braunschweig, 1857 digitized
  • Soldering tube book. Instructions for the use of the soldering tube, as well as for studying the behavior of the metal ions, the metals and the minerals in front of the soldering tube, together with a description of the most excellent soldering tube blowers. 2nd increased edition, Friedrich Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig 1857.
  • About astrophyllite and its relationship to augite and mica in zirconium syenite, along with remarks about the plutonic origin of such structures . Schade, Berlin, 1864 digitized
  • Preliminary report on crystalline silicate rocks of the Fassathal and neighboring areas of southern Tyrol . Swiss beard, Stuttgart, 1866 digitized
  • The mining studies . In: Festschrift for the centenary of the Royal. Saxon. Bergakademie zu Freiberg on July 30, 1866 . Bergakademie Freiberg, 1866, pp. 89-138 digitized
  • On the chemical constitution of the plutonites . In: Festschrift for the centenary of the Royal. Saxon. Bergakademie zu Freiberg on July 30, 1866 . Bergakademie Freiberg, 1866, pp. 158–203 digitized

literature

  • Festschrift for the centenary of the Königl. Saxon. Bergakademie zu Freiberg on July 30, 1866 . Bergakademie Freiberg, 1866, p. 40 digitized
  • Ernst Menzel: For the 200th birthday of Prof. August Theodor Scheerer with a special look at his book "Academic Pictures from the old Freiberg" . In: ACAMONTA - magazine for friends and supporters of the TU Bergakademie Freiberg . 20/2013, pp. 155-156

Web links

Wikisource: Theodor Scheerer  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Clemens Winkler: In memory of Th. Scheerer. Carl Johann August Theodor Scheerer . In: Journal for Practical Chemistry . 12/1875, pp. 459-463. doi : 10.1002 / prac.18750120134
  2. ↑ About the Euxenit, a new mineral species . In: Annals of Physics and Chemistry . 50/1840, pp. 149-153 digitized version
  3. ↑ About the Wöhlerite, a new mineral species. In: Annals of Physics and Chemistry. Volume 59, 1843, pp. 327-336 digitized
  4. ^ Festschrift for the centenary of the royal family. Saxon. Bergakademie zu Freiberg on July 30, 1866 . Bergakademie Freiberg, 1866 digitized
  5. ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 211.
  6. ^ Members of the SAW: Theodor Scheerer. Saxon Academy of Sciences, accessed on November 25, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Member entry by Prof. Dr. Theodor Scheerer (with picture) at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , accessed on February 9, 2016.
  8. ^ Member entry of Carl Johann August Scheerer at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on February 20, 2015.
  9. ↑ Stauf, a seal . Ed. By Carl Heymann, Freiberg, 1838. Digitized
  10. ↑ Academic pictures from the old Freiberg. For the centenary of the Bergakademie . Engelhardt, Freiberg, 1866 digitized
personal data
SURNAME Scheerer, Theodor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scheerer, Carl Johann August Theodor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist, geologist and mineralogist
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH July 19, 1875
Place of death Dresden