Ludwig Darmstaedter (9 August 1846 – 18 October 1927) was a

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and

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. From 1865 he studied chemistry under

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and

Emil Erlenmeyer Richard August Carl Emil Erlenmeyer (28 June 182522 January 1909), known simply as Emil Erlenmeyer, was a German chemist known for contributing to the early development of the theory of structure, formulating the Erlenmeyer rule, and designing ...

at the

University of Heidelberg } Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...

, then furthered his education in

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as a student of

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. Afterwards, he relocated to Berlin, where he performed studies on alkali fusion of

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s in the laboratory of Karl Hermann Wichelhaus. From 1872, with Benno Jaffé, he was involved with industrial chemical research; e.g.

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extraction. Later on in his career, he conducted investigations on the composition and synthesis of

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.Darmstaedter, Ludwig
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 ...

) His interest in the historical development of chemistry inspired him to compile an extensive collection of manuscripts of scientists ("''Dokumentensammlung Darmstaedter''") in the

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at Berlin. From 1917 onwards, Darmstaedter financed Wilhelm Doegen'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
OCLC WorldCat * 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 Bielefeld () is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the administrative region (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Detmold and the ...

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 {{Germany-chemist-stub