Wilhelm von Hisinger

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Wilhelm von Hisinger

Wilhelm Hisinger (born December 22, 1766 in Västmanland , † June 28, 1852 in Skinnskatteberg ) was a Swedish chemist, geologist and mineralogist . Together with Samuel Gustaf Hermelin, he is a pioneer in geological mapping of Sweden.

life and work

Hisinger came from a wealthy family who owned mines in Sweden. His father was Vilhelm Hising (1731-1780) and his mother Barbara Katarina Fabrin. After the death of his parents in 1780, his uncle Johan Hisinger (1727–1790) took him on. He received his scientific training mainly in the private laboratory in his family environment. Hisinger also studied at Uppsala University , Uppsala universitet and enrolled in the Bergskollegium in 1786 , but soon left it again, moved to his headquarters in Skinnskatteberg and lived in Bagga Västmanland , where there was an extensive iron industry.

He continued to work there and worked with Jöns Jakob Berzelius . Together with Berzelius he discovered the oxides of cerium (1803) and lithium .

Honors

An iron (III) phyllosilicate , the mineral hisingerite with the formula Fe 3+ 2 Si 2 O 5 (OH) 4 · 2H 2 O, was named in his honor.

Works (selection)

  • Samling till en minerographie öfver Sverige (I, 1790)
  • Samling till en mineralogisk geographie öfver Sverige (1808)
  • Afhandlingar i physics, chemistry och mineralogie (sex band, utgiven tillsammans med Berzelius m.fl., 1806–18)
  • A nteckningar i physik och geognosie under resor i Sverige och Norge (1819-39)
  • Esquisse d'un tableau des pétrifications de la Suède (1829; ny upplaga 1831)
  • Geognostisk karta öfver medlersta och södra delarne af Sverige (1832)
  • Handbok for mineralogers under resor i Sverige (1843)
  • Icones petrificatorum Sueciæ , I (1835)
  • Lethæa suecica seu petrificata Sueciæ iconibus et characteribus illustrata (med två supplement, 1837–41).

literature

  • Wilhelm von Hisinger . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 1 : A-K . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 500 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ James E. Marshall, Virginia R. Marshall: Rediscovery of the Elements. ( Memento of February 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF) Hexagon, 2007, p. 74
personal data
SURNAME Hisinger, Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish chemist, geologist and mineralogist
DATE OF BIRTH December 22, 1766
PLACE OF BIRTH Vastmanland
DATE OF DEATH June 28, 1852
Place of death Skinnskatteberg