Wilhelm Windisch (brewing scientist)

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Wilhelm Johannes Windisch (born December 8, 1860 in Schmitten (Hochtaunus) , † September 26, 1944 in Berlin ) was a German brewing scientist and fermentation chemist. He is considered one of the most important pioneers in brewing science; the yield slide rule was developed by him .

Life

Wilhelm Windisch was born the son of a village school teacher. After attending the secondary schools in Oberursel / Taunus and Bad Homburg as well as the high school in Wiesbaden, he passed the elementary teacher examination at the Royal Teachers' Seminar in Dillenburg. In the following years he worked as a teacher in Schönberg near Cronberg in the Taunus and at the boys' teaching and education institute in Weyarn, Miesbach in Upper Bavaria. He then studied mathematics and natural sciences in Munich and Berlin. During his studies in Berlin, he worked as a lecture assistant at the Chemical Institute and at the same time as a laborer at the Imperial Health Department.

Through a contact with Eugen Sell , he was hired as a voluntary unpaid auxiliary volunteer assistant at the Reich Health Office , through which he came into contact with Max Dellbrück . From October 20, 1885, Windisch was assistant to the analytical laboratory at the Institute for Fermentation and Starch Production . In 1887 he wrote his dissertation on the mode of action of cyanide . In 1887 he also took over the editorial management of the weekly for brewery . From 1888 he gave courses in the subject of brewing chemistry . In 1897, after taking over the management of the chemical-technical laboratory, he was appointed professor at the Agricultural University in Berlin.

In April 1932, Wilhelm Windisch was dismissed from the editorial team of the Wochenschrift für Brauerei and released from all other functions at the experimental and training institute for brewery ; his son Fritz Windisch, who also worked as a lecturer in brewing sciences at the Agricultural University, was covered with dubious accusations by the Nazi Lecturer Association in 1933/34 and temporarily imprisoned by the Gestapo .

His brother Karl (1868–1927), eight years his junior, and his son Fritz Fridolin Windisch (1895–1961) were also well-known fermentation chemists.

Honors

Wilhelm Windisch was an honorary member of the German Brewing and Malzmeister Association, of the Technical and Scientific Association of the Brewing and Malting Industry, and of the Swedish and Finnish Brewers Association. He also received the gold medal of the VLB and the golden Delbrück commemorative coin.

literature

Fonts (selection)

  • The brewer's chemical laboratory (5th edition, Berlin: Paul Parey, 1902; 6th edition, ibid., 1907)
  • Translation from English of the book by Joseph Reynolds Green: Die Enzyme (Berlin: Paul Parey, 1901).

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.rechenschieber.org/BierBerlin.pdf
  2. ↑ http://www.luise-berlin.de/kalender/tag/dez08.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.herbert-henck.de/Internettexte/Windisch_I/windisch_i.html#WindischWilhelm
  4. ↑ Peter Lietz: Wilhelm Windisch - a life for brewing science. P. 27
personal data
SURNAME Windisch, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Windisch, Wilhelm Johannes (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German brewing scientist and fermentation chemist
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Schmitten
DATE OF DEATH September 26, 1944
Place of death Berlin