Karl Andreas Hofmann

Karl Andreas Hofmann ( born April 2, 1870 in Ansbach, † October 15, 1940 in Berlin- Charlottenburg ) was a German chemist and Privy Councillor.

Life and work

Hofmann studied in Munich with Adolf von Baeyer chemistry. He taught until 1910 in Munich and later in Tübingen and at the Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg.

In 1900 he discovered radioactive isotopes of lead and introduced first time in 1934 as a pure erbium metal manufactures.

A substantiated by him Textbook of Inorganic Chemistry underwent numerous editions and was for decades a standard work.

Hofmann was married to Emma of burgers since 1900. The marriage produced five children. His son Ulrich Hofmann (1903-1986) was a professor of inorganic chemistry in Heidelberg.

Hofmann was buried in the cemetery army in Berlin.

Works

• Textbook of Inorganic Chemistry. - 2nd ed - Braunschweig: Vieweg, 1919 Digitized edition of the University and State Library Dusseldorf.