Heinrich Hlasiwetz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Heinrich Hlasiwetz

Austrian chemist

Date of Birth: 07-Apr-1825

Place of Birth: Liberec, Liberec Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 07-Oct-1875

Profession: professor, chemist

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Heinrich Hlasiwetz

  • Heinrich Hlasiwetz (April 7, 1825 – October 7, 1875) was an Austrian chemist born in Reichenberg, Bohemia.Son of a pharmacist, he studied at the University of Jena, where his instructors included Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner (1780-1849), Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Wackenroder (1798-1854) and Matthias Jakob Schleiden (1804-1881).
  • Later he studied under Josef Redtenbacher (1810–1870) in Prague.
  • In 1848 he earned the diploma of Magister Pharmacia, and during the following year received his doctorate in chemistry. In 1849 he began work as an assistant to Friedrich Rochleder (1819-1874), later becoming an associate professor of chemistry at the University of Innsbruck (1854).
  • In 1867 he became a professor at the Vienna University of Technology, where from 1869 he represented general and analytical chemistry. During his career he largely worked with resins, tannins and protein compounds.
  • Hlasiwetz is remembered for his chemical analysis of quercitrin, phloroglucinol, resorcinol and creosote.

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