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Hieronymus Theodor Richter
Hieronymus Theodor Richter, photographed by Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Hugo Höffert, ca. 1873
Born(1824-11-21)21 November 1824
Dresden, Saxony
Died25 September 1898(1898-09-25) (aged 73)
Freiberg, Saxony.
NationalityGerman
CitizenshipGerman
Known forDiscovery of indium.
Scientific career
FieldsMineralogist
InstitutionsFreiberg University of Mining and Technology

Hieronymus Theodor Richter (21 November 1824 – 25 September 1898) was a German chemist.

He was born in Dresden. In 1863, while working at the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, he co-discovered indium with Ferdinand Reich.[1] He was also a member of the student fraternity "Corps Saxo-Borussia Freiberg". In 1875, he became the director of the Mining Academy in Freiberg.[2]

He died September 25, 1898, in Freiberg, Saxony, at the age of 73.

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 rector (Magnificent) of the Mining Academy and was the last of the Freiberg rectors elected for lifetime. In 1890 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina.[3]

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 and 92 (1864) pp. 480–485.
  • Probirkunst mit dem Lötrohr (1865)

References

  1. ^ Cathy, Marchio. "10 Interesting Facts about Indium". Advanced Refractory Metals. Retrieved Nov 10, 2024.
  2. ^ Asimov, Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology 2nd Revised edition
  3. ^ "List of honorary doctorates". Universitat Leipzig. 2020-10-24. Archived from the original on 2021-01-22.
  4. ^ "Richterite" (PDF). Mineral Data Publishing. 2001. Retrieved Nov 10, 2024.


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