Ludwig Darmstaedter (9 August 1846 – 18 October 1927) was a
German
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chemist and
historian of science.
From 1865 he studied chemistry under
Robert Bunsen and
Emil Erlenmeyer at the
University of Heidelberg, then furthered his education in
Leipzig as a student of
Hermann Kolbe. Afterwards, he relocated to Berlin, where he performed studies on alkali fusion of
sulfonic acid
In organic chemistry, sulfonic acid (or sulphonic acid) refers to a member of the class of organosulfur compounds with the general formula , where R is an organic alkyl or aryl group and the group a sulfonyl hydroxide. As a substituent, it is kn ...
s in the laboratory of
Karl Hermann Wichelhaus. From 1872, with Benno Jaffé, he was involved with industrial chemical research; e.g.
glycerin extraction. Later on in his career, he conducted investigations on the composition and synthesis of
lanolin.
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in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 3 (1957), S. 516 f. (Georg Lockemann Georg Lockemann (17 October 1871, in Hollenstedt – 4 December 1959, in Hollenstedt) was a German chemist.
Biography
He studied chemistry at the Technical University of Hannover and at the University of Heidelberg, receiving his doctorate in ...
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His interest in the historical development of chemistry inspired him to compile an extensive collection of manuscripts of scientists ("''Dokumentensammlung Darmstaedter''") in the
Prussian State Library at Berlin.
[ From 1917 onwards, Darmstaedter financed ]Wilhelm Doegen
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's efforts to record speech samples of persons of public interest. Since 1952 the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize
The Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize is an annual award bestowed by the since 1952 for investigations in medicine. It carries a prize money of 120,000 Euro. The prize awarding ceremony is traditionally held on March 14, the birthday of N ...
has been awarded in Germany for outstanding contributions in the field of medicine.
Works
* Ludwig Darmstaedter, René du Bois-Reymond: ''4000 jahre pionier-arbeit in den exakten wissenschaften'', 1904.4000 jahre pionier-arbeit in den exakten wissenschaften
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* Ludwig Darmstaedter: ''Handbuch zur Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften und der Technik''. Berlin 1908 (2nd edition).
* Ludwig Darmstaedter: ''Königliche Bibliothek zu Berlin. Verzeichnis der Autographensammlung''. Berlin 1909.
* Ludwig Darmstaedter: ''Naturforscher und Erfinder. Biographische Miniaturen''.
Bielefeld 1926.
References
External links
* Zur Biographie: Berlinische Biographie in der Berlinischen Monatsschrift
1846 births
1927 deaths
19th-century German chemists
20th-century German chemists
19th-century German historians
Scientists from Mannheim
Heidelberg University alumni
German male non-fiction writers
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