Hieronymous Theodor Richter
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Hieronymus Theodor Richter (21 November 1824 – 25 September 1898) was a German chemist. In 1863, while working at the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, he co-discovered indium with Ferdinand Reich.[1]
Life
From 1843 to 1847, he studied at the Bergakademie Freiberg (with Carl Friedrich Plattner, among others) and became a member of the Corps Saxo-Borussia Freiberg. He then worked for the Freiberg Hüttenwerken, since 1853 as a metallurgist chemist.
From 1875 to 1896, Theodor Richter worked as director of the Mining Academy and was the last of the Freiberg directors elected for lifetime.[2] In 1890 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina.[3]
He died September 25, 1898, in Freiberg, Saxony, at the age of 73.
Honours
In 1865, the mineral Richterite was named in honour of Hieronymous Theodor Richter.[4]
Literatures
- C. Schiffner: From the Life of Old Freiberg Mining Students. E. Maukisch, Freiberg, 1935, pp. 46–48.
- 125 Years of Indium: Lectures from the Colloquium on November 24, 1988, on the Occasion of the 125th Anniversary of the Discovery of Indium by Freiberg Professors F. Reich and Th. Richter. Freiberg: Bergakademie, 1989.
- Winfried Pötsch et al., Lexicon of Significant Chemists, Harri Deutsch, 1989.
Publications
- Preliminary note about a new metal. – In: Journal for practical chemistry. 89 (1863), p. 441–442.
- About the indium. – In: Journal for practical chemistry. 90 (1863), p. 172–176[5]
- About the indium. – In: Journal for practical chemistry. 92 (1864), p. 480–485[6]
- Probirkunst mit dem Lötrohr (1865)
References
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