Friedrich Karl Adolf Stohmann (25 April 1832 – 1 November 1897) was a German

agricultural chemist Agricultural chemistry is the study of chemistry, especially organic chemistry and biochemistry, as they relate to agriculture—agricultural production (economics), production, the food processing, processing of raw products into foods and beverag ...

Biography

He was born in

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...

and studied at

Göttingen Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (political), capital of Göttingen (district), the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, t ...

, where he became member of

Burschenschaft Hannovera Burschenschaft Hannovera is the oldest Burschenschaft, a traditional liberal German Student fraternity or student corporation (Studentenverbindung), incorporated in Göttingen in the Revolution year 1848 (May) at the Georg August University of ...

(fraternity), and

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

. He was Thomas Graham's assistant at

University College In a number of countries, a university college is a college institution that provides tertiary education but does not have full or independent university status. A university college is often part of a larger university. The precise usage varies ...

from 1853 to 1855, and afterwards assisted

Wilhelm Henneberg Wilhelm Henneberg (10 September 1825 – 22 November 1890) was a German chemist and student of Justus von Liebig. Life He attended the Collegium Carolinum in Brunswick and studied at the University of Giessen with Justus von Liebig and at the ...

Celle Celle () is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the river Aller, a tributary of the Weser, and has a population of about 71,000. Celle is the southern gateway to the Lü ...

and at Göttingen-Weende.Prof. Dr. phil., Dr. med. h. c. Friedrich Carl Adolf Stohmann
Professorenkatalog der Universität Leipzig In 1862 he started the station for agricultural experiments at

Braunschweig Braunschweig () or Brunswick ( , from Low German ''Brunswiek'' , Braunschweig dialect: ''Bronswiek'') is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the Nor ...

. He was called to Halle in 1865 as an associate professor, and to the

University of Leipzig Leipzig University (german: Universität Leipzig), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 Decemb ...

in 1871, where he was director of the physiological institute of agriculture (1871–97). His principal investigations had to do with the nourishment of animals. From 1892 he was a member of the

Academy of Sciences Leopoldina The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (german: Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften), short Leopoldina, is the national academy of Germany, and is located in Halle (Saale). Founded ...

Works

* ''Beiträge zur Begründung einer rationellen Fütterung der Wiederkäuer'' (Contributions to the scientific feeding of

ruminant Ruminants (suborder Ruminantia) are ungulate, hoofed herbivorous grazing or browsing mammals that are able to acquire nutrients from plant-based food by Enteric fermentation, fermenting it in a specialized stomach prior to digestion, principally ...

s, 1860); with Wilhelm Henneberg. * ''Biologische Studien'' (Biological studies, 1873). * ''Handbuch der technischen Chemie'' (Handbook of

industrial chemistry The chemical industry comprises the companies that produce industrial chemicals. Central to the modern world economy, it converts raw materials (oil, natural gas, air, water, metals, and minerals) into more than 70,000 different products. The ...

, 2 volumes, 1872 and 1874); with

Karl Engler Carl Oswald Victor Engler (5 January 1842 – 7 February 1925) was a German chemist, academic and politician. He wrote a Handbook of Industrial Chemistry in 1872. He is remembered for his early work in indigo. Biography Engler was the son of a pas ...

. * ''Handbuch der Zuckerfabrikation'' (Handbook of sugar synthesis, 1878). * ''Die Stärkefabrikation'' (

Starch Starch or amylum is a polymeric carbohydrate consisting of numerous glucose units joined by glycosidic bonds. This polysaccharide is produced by most green plants for energy storage. Worldwide, it is the most common carbohydrate in human diets ...

synthesis, 1878). * ''Encyklopädisches Handbuch der technischen Chemie'' (Encyclopedic manual of industrial chemistry), 12 volumes, 1888-1922; with Bruno Kerl and others.Encyklopädisches Handbuch der technischen Chemie
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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stohmann, Friedrich 1832 births 1897 deaths 19th-century German chemists Scientists from Bremen (city) University of Göttingen alumni Academic staff of Leipzig University Academic staff of the University of Halle