Wilhelm Weith
Wilhelm Weith (born May 9, 1846 in Bad Homburg before the height , † November 29, 1881 in Ajaccio ) was a German chemist .
From 1862, Weith studied chemistry at the Polytechnic (now ETH Zurich ) in Zurich and with Robert Bunsen at Heidelberg University . He received his doctorate in 1865 at the University of Zurich , completed his habilitation there, often represented Georg Städeler (1821–1871) in teaching, and became an associate professor in 1871 and a full professor in 1874. From 1873/74 to 1876 and from 1880 to 1882 he was Dean of the Philosophical Faculty. Weith was also a lecturer at the Polytechnic. He died of tuberculosis ( hemorrhage ) in Ajaccio at the age of only 35 , after having sought recuperation in Algeria and Corsica several times because of his poor health .
He dealt with organic chemistry, where he worked a lot with Viktor Merz (1839–1904), also a professor at the University of Zurich. Both found the first tertiary amine with triphenylamine and he dealt with sulfur-containing aniline derivatives. His first published work was on nitroprusside (1868). Weith also investigated the relationship between the chemical composition of waters and their fauna.
From 1866 he was a member of the Natural Research Society Zurich and on its board.
literature
- Entry in Winfried Pötsch, Annelore Fischer, Wolfgang Müller: Lexicon of important chemists , Harri Deutsch 1989
- Carl Oppenheimer: Weith, Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 41, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 624.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ There incorrectly stated 1844 as the year of birth
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weith, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1846 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bad Homburg vor der Höhe |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 29, 1881 |
| Place of death | Ajaccio |