Wolfgang Ostwald
Wolfgang Ostwald (born May 15 . Jul / 27. May 1883 greg. In Riga ; † 22. November 1943 in Dresden ); actually Carl Wilhelm Wolfgang Ostwald , was a German biologist , physical chemist and is considered the founder of colloid chemistry in Germany.
Life
Wolfgang Ostwald is the eldest son of the chemist Wilhelm Ostwald , who was appointed to the University of Leipzig in 1887, and the older brother of Walter Ostwald . Wolfgang Ostwald graduated from high school in Leipzig in 1901. He then studied natural sciences with a focus on biology in Leipzig. In addition to his father, Carl Chun , Wilhelm Pfeffer , Johannes Wislicenus and Otto Wiener were among his teachers. His doctorate took place in 1904.
From 1904 to 1906 he was under Jacques Loeb , a pioneer of colloid chemistry, research assistant ("research assistant") at the University of California at Berkeley . In 1906 he returned to Leipzig and continued his colloid chemical investigations at the university. In 1908 his habilitation took place.
In the years from 1920 to 1922 Ostwald managed to interest representatives of Leipzig industry in applied colloid chemistry. He finally won over the Leipzig industrialists Max Wommer (Wommer Brothers - Maschinenfabrik) and Dr. F. König (tobacco-dye works). In 1922 the colloids department was opened in the Physico-Chemical Institute of the University of Leipzig, which received great international recognition.
In September 1922, the newly founded German Colloid Society elected him first chairman. In the same year 1922 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . In 1923, Ostwald received the first scheduled Extraordinariat for Colloid Chemistry in Germany in Leipzig. In 1935 he was appointed full professor. In December 1942 he became a full member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences .
In May 1933 he became a member of the NSDAP ( membership number 2,997,135). In November 1933 he signed the German professors' confession of Adolf Hitler .
Works
Fonts
- Outline of Colloid Chemistry (1909)
- The world of neglected dimensions (1914)
- Together with Alfred Kuhn : Small internship in colloid chemistry. 1930.
Web links
- Literature by and about Wolfgang Ostwald in the catalog of the German National Library
- Claus Priesner: Ostwald, Wolfgang. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , p. 632 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Ulf Messow: Ostwald, Carl Wilhelm Wolfgang . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .
- Overview of the courses held by Wolfgang Ostwald at the University of Leipzig (winter semester 1908 to summer semester 1914)
- Wolfgang Ostwald in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
- Source for funding the colloids department from the Leipzig University Archives; documented under: M. Wommer and Dr. king
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Wolfgang Ostwald. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry in the baptismal register of Riga Cathedral (Latvian: Rīgas Doms).
- ^ Members of the SAW: Wolfgang Ostwald. Saxon Academy of Sciences, accessed on November 19, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ostwald, Wolfgang |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ostwald, Carl Wilhelm Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German biologist, physical chemist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 27, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Riga |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 22, 1943 |
| Place of death | Dresden |