Gerhart Jander (26 October 1892 – 8 December 1961) was a German inorganic chemist. His book, now normally only called "Jander-Blasius", on analytical chemistry is still used in German universities. His involvement in the

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research and close relation to the

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have been unrecovered by recent research.

Life and work

Jander was born in

Altdöbern Altdöbern (Lower Sorbian ''Stara Darbnja'') is a municipality in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany. Geography Altdöbern lies in Lower Lusatia, but is not part of its sorbian inhabited area. The flat landsca ...

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. Jander studied in

Technical University of Munich The Technical University of Munich (TUM or TU Munich; german: Technische Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It specializes in engineering, technology, medicine, and applied and natural sciences. Establis ...

, and at

University of Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative ...

where he received his Ph.D for work with Arthur Rosenheim in 1917. He joined

Richard Zsigmondy Richard Adolf Zsigmondy ( hu, Zsigmondy Richárd Adolf; 1 April 1865 – 23 September 1929) was an Austrian-born chemist. He was known for his research in colloids, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1925, as well as for co ...

at the

University of Göttingen The University of Göttingen, officially the Georg August University of Göttingen, (german: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, known informally as Georgia Augusta) is a public research university in the city of Göttingen, Germany. Founded ...

. He became professor in 1925 and after a two-year period being a temporary director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical Chemistry and Elektrochemistry from 1933 till 1935 he became professor for inorganic chemistry at the

University of Greifswald The University of Greifswald (; german: Universität Greifswald), formerly also known as “Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald“, is a public research university located in Greifswald, Germany, in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pom ...

. In 1951 he changed to the Technical University of Berlin. Jander died in Berlin in 1961.

Critical reviews

The involvement of Jander in the research on chemical warfare and his influence on the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical Chemistry and Elektrochemistry after he followed

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as director, who was forced to resign due to the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service, have been a point of research of the Max Planck Society (The Max Planck Society is the successor organisation of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jander, Gerhart 1892 births 1961 deaths People from Altdöbern People from the Province of Brandenburg 20th-century German chemists Inorganic chemists Technical University of Munich alumni Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Academic staff of the University of Göttingen Academic staff of the University of Greifswald Academic staff of the Technical University of Berlin Max Planck Institute directors