Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Wackenroder

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Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Wackenroder
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Born8 March 1798
Burgdorf, Hanover
Died4 September 1854 (1854-09-05) (aged 56)
Jena
NationalityGerman
Known forWackenroder solution
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry

Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Wackenroder (8 March 1798 Burgdorf, Hanover – 4 September 1854 Jena) was a German chemist.

Career and work[]

In June, 1826 Wackenroder published his doctoral dissertation, “On Anthelminthics in the Vegetable Kingdom,” presented to Göttingen University, which earned him praise, and the Royal Prize.[1]

In 1827 he obtained his doctorate from the University of Erlangen, becoming an associate professor the following year at the University of Jena, where he worked with Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner (1780-1849). In 1836 he was appointed Professor ordinarius and Director of the Pharmacy Institute, later known as the Chemical-Pharmaceutical Institute. He became especially known for his discovery of carotin and his correspondence with Goethe. In subsequent years he became co-editor of Archiv der Pharmazie.

In 1826 Wackenroder isolated from Corydalis cava and in 1831 isolated carotin in an ether extract from carrots.[2][3] In 1845 he discovered the Wackenroder solution, a polythionic acid, resulting from the reaction of dilute sulphuric acid with hydrogen sulphide.

Writings[]

  • Chemische Tabellen zur Analyse der unorganischen Körper (1829)
  • Synoptische Tabellen über die chemischen Verbindungen erster Ordnung (1830)
  • Ausführliche Charakteristik der wichtigsten Stickstoffreihen organischer Säuren (1841)
  • Chemische Klassifikation der einfachen und zusammengesetzten Körper und die wichtigsten Verbindungen derselben (1851)

References[]

  1. ^ H. Hellmuth, “Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Wackenroder, 8. März 1798 – 14. September 1854,” Pharmazie, 1980, 34, 321-323
  2. ^ Ueber das Oleum radicis Dauci aetherum, das Carotin, den Carotenzucker und den officinellen succus Dauci; so wie auch über das Mannit, welches in dem Möhrensafte durch eine besondere Art der Gährung gebildet wird,” Geigers Magazin der Pharmazie, 1831, 33, 144-172
  3. ^ Google Books Thibaut - Zycha by K. G. Saur Verlag GmbH & Company

Other sources[]

  • Carl Oppenheimer (1896), "Wackenroder, Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German), 40, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 443–444
  • Wolfram Wendler: Der akademische Unterricht in der Pharmazie um die Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts : dargestellt an der Mitschrift einer Vorlesung Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Wackenroders aus dem Jahre 1845. Diss. Marburg 2004


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