Franz Schneider (chemist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Franz Schneider (chemist)

Austrian chemist

Date of Birth: 28-Sep-1812

Place of Birth: Krems an der Donau, Lower Austria, Austria

Date of Death: 29-Nov-1897

Profession: chemist, university teacher

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Franz Schneider (chemist)

  • Franz Cölestin Schneider (28 September 1812, Krems – 29 November 1897) was an Austrian physician and chemist.
  • He was the father of archaeologist Robert von Schneider (1854-1909). He studied medicine at the University of Vienna, obtaining his medical doctorate in 1842, and his doctorate in surgery during the following year.
  • For the next few years, he served as a general practitioner in the town of Herzogenburg, followed by work as an assistant to chemist Adolf Martin Pleischl (1787-1867) in Vienna. In 1850 he received his doctorate in special inorganic and organic chemistry at Vienna.
  • Two years later he was named professor of surgical sciences at the Josephinum in Vienna, where he taught classes in physics, chemistry and natural history.
  • In 1870 he succeeded Josef Redtenbacher (1810-1870) in the department of general and medical chemistry at the University of Vienna.
  • During the following year, he suffered eye damage due to an accident in the laboratory.
  • In February 1876, he was named medical officer with the rank of undersecretary to the Ministry of the Interior.Schneider is credited for introducing forensic toxicology in Austria.
  • He developed new methods for detecting arsenic and mercury in the human body.

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