Alfons Oscar Saligny, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Romanian chemist
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Place of Birth: Focșani, Vrancea County, Romania
About Alfons Oscar Saligny
- Alfons Oscar Saligny (April 3, 1853 – May 4, 1903) was a Romanian chemist. The brother of engineer Anghel Saligny, he was the first child born to a family of intellectuals in Foc?ani in Moldavia; his father Alfred, of French origin, had settled in the region in the late 1840s.
- Saligny began his education in a school for wealthy families founded by his father, which paid special attention to its pupils' mastery of the French language.
- He went on to study at the Foc?ani Gymnasium.
- He then enrolled in Berlin University, studying under August Wilhelm von Hofmann.
- He obtained a doctorate in 1875, with a dissertation on organic chemistry.Returning home the same year, he secured a position as chemist at the Col?ea Hospital laboratory in Bucharest.
- Also in 1875, he became professor of mineralogy at the School of Bridges and Roads.
- His research involved tests on the concrete needed for building silos in Braila, Gala?i and Constan?a.
- He also studied the properties of iron and steel, required for the building of King Carol I Bridge, designed by his brother.
- In 1886, he founded a materials testing laboratory within the school.
- In 1889, he was named full professor of general and applied chemistry, leading the department until his death.
- From 1879 to 1899, he headed the laboratory at the State Mint.
- Saligny performed laboratory tests on building materials for railroads, and from 1899 to 1903, he was affiliated with Caile Ferate Române state railway.
- In 1902, Saligny was elected a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy.
- Although his activity was cut off by a premature death, he published numerous studies in specialty magazines.
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