Theodor Wilhelm Fresenius

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Theodor Wilhelm Fresenius (born July 1, 1856 in Wiesbaden ; † April 2, 1936 there ) was a German chemist. He was one of the directors of the Fresenius Laboratory for Analytical Chemistry.

Life

Fresenius was the son of Carl Remigius Fresenius and Charlotte Rumpf, a daughter of the literary scholar Friedrich Karl Rumpf . He studied in his father's laboratory and at the University of Strasbourg . In 1880 he joined his father's laboratory, where he devoted himself particularly to wine analysis. He also directed a large part of the teaching (numerous chemists were trained there in analytical chemistry regardless of their university education). In 1897, after the death of his father, he took over the management of the Fresenius laboratory with his brother Heinrich Fresenius and his brother-in-law Ernst Hintz and together with them published the journal for analytical chemistry. He founded the analytical chemistry department in the Association of German Chemists . He had the title of professor.

In 1934, Fresenius received the Joseph König commemorative coin from the Association of German Food Chemists. In 1888 he became a member of the Leopoldina .

He was active in the Protestant Church, chairman of the entire parish of Wiesbaden and in the Confessing Church .

Fonts

  • Instructions for the chemical analysis of wine, Munich: J. Bergmann, 3rd edition 1922
  • with Carl Remigius Fresenius: Instructions for qualitative chemical analysis, 17th edition, Vieweg 1919 (complete revision of his father's book)

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References and comments

  1. ^ Member entry of Wilhelm Fresenius at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on January 13, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Fresenius, Theodor Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fresenius, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiesbaden
DATE OF DEATH April 2, 1936
Place of death Wiesbaden