Historical records matching Friedrich Stromeyer
About Friedrich Stromeyer
Wikipedia Biographical Summary:
"...Friedrich Stromeyer (2 August 1776 – 18 August 1835) was a German chemist. Stromeyer received an MD degree from the University of Göttingen in 1800, studying under Johann Friedrich Gmelin and Louis Nicolas Vauquelin. He was then a professor at the university, and also served as an inspector of apothecaries. While studying compounds of zinc, Stromeyer discovered the element cadmium in 1817; cadmium is a common impurity of zinc compounds, though often found only in minute quantities. He was also the first to recommend starch as a reagent for free iodine and he studied chemistry of arsine and bismuthate salts..."
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Friedrich Stromeyer's Timeline
1776 |
August 2, 1776
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Göttingen, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany
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1835 |
August 18, 1835
Age 59
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Göttingen, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany
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