Georg Cornelius Theodor von Georgievics (18. August 1859
Weißkirchen im
Banat
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– 26. April 1933
Znaim
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) was an
Austria-Hungary
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chemist.
Biography
Georgievics studied at the
Technical University Vienna
TU Wien (TUW; german: Technische Universität Wien; still known in English as the Vienna University of Technology from 1975–2014) is one of the major universities in Vienna, Austria. The university finds high international and domestic recogn ...
and worked for a year in the textile company Marienthal.
He continued his study with
Zdenko Hans Skraup
Zdenko Hans Skraup (March 3, 1850 – September 10, 1910) was a Czech-Austrian chemist who discovered the Skraup reaction, the first quinoline synthesis.
Life
Skraup was born in Prague, where he attended the Oberrealschule from 1860 till 1866 ...
in Vienna and later with
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at the
University of Genf. From 1886 on he was assistant of
Hugo Weidel
Hugo Weidel (13 November 1849 – 7 June 1899) was an Austrian chemist known for inventing Weidel's reaction and describing the structure of organic compound niacin. For his achievements, Weidel received the Lieben Prize in 1880.
Life and work
Hu ...
at the institute for
pedology
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(soil chemistry) in Vienna. He received his Ph.D. from the
University of Gießen
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in 1890 and worked as lecturer at the Staatsgewerbeschulen
Bielitz
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. He became professor at the
German Charles-Ferdinand University
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in
Prague
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in 1904. His area of research was based on dyes and dyeing processes.
Works
* Monographie des Indigos, 1892
* Ausführliches Lehrbuch der Farbenchemie, 5. edition 1922
* Lehrbuch der chemischen Technologie der Gespinstfasern, 1917
* Farbe und Konstitution der Farbstoffe, 1920
* Handbuch des Zeugdruckes, together with R. Haller und L. Lichtenstein, 1929
References
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* Melliand Textilberichte 1935
1859 births
1933 deaths
Austrian chemists
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