KARL See also:

• REMIGIUS, ST (c. 437-533)

REMIGIUS See also:

• KARL REMIGIUS FRESENIUS (1818-1897)

FRESENIUS (1818-1897)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German chemist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• FRANKFORT

Frankfort-on-See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

Main on the 28th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1818 . After spending some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in a See also:

• PHARMACY

pharmacy in his native See also:

• TOWN

town, he entered See also:

• BONN

Bonn University in 1840, and a See also:

• YEAR

year later migrated to See also:

• GIESSEN

Giessen, where he acted as assistant in See also:

• LIEBIG, JUSTUS VON, BARON (1803-1873)

Liebig's laboratory, and in 1843 became assistant See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor . In 1845 he was appointed to the See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of See also:

• CHEMISTRY
• CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)

chemistry, physics and technology at the See also:

• WIESBADEN

Wiesbaden Agricultural Institution, and three years later he became the first director of the chemical laboratory which he induced the See also:

• NASSAU

Nassau See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government to establish at that See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place . Under his care this laboratory continuously increased in See also:

• SIZE

size and popularity, a school of pharmacy being added in 1862 (though given up in 1877) and an agricultural See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research laboratory in 1868 . Apart from his administrative duties See also:

• FRESENIUS, KARL REMIGIUS (1818-1897)

Fresenius occupied himself almost exclusively with See also:

• ANALYTICAL

analytical chemistry, and the fullness and accuracy of his See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text-books on that subject (of which that on qualitative See also:

• ANALYSIS (Gr. avci and Meta, to break up into parts)

analysis first appeared in 1841 and, that on quantitative in 1846) soon rendered them See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard See also:

• WORKS

works . Many of his See also:

• ORIGINAL

original papers were published in the Zeitschrift fits analytische Chemie, which he founded in 1862 and continued to edit till his See also:

• DEATH

death . He died suddenly at Wiesbaden on the 11th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1897 . In 1881 he handed over the directorship of the agricultural research station to his son, See also:

• REMIGIUS, ST (c. 437-533)

Remigius Heinrich Fresenius (b . 1847), who was trained under H . See also:

• KOLBE, ADOLPHE WILHELM HERMANN (1818–1884)

Kolbe at See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig . Another son, Theodor Wilhelm Fresenius (b . 1856), was educated at See also:

• STRASSBURG, or STRASBURG (French Strasbourg)

Strassburg and occupied various positions in the Wiesbaden laboratory .