Wilhelm Heinrich Heintz
Heinrich Wilhelm Heintz (* November 4, 1817 in Berlin, † December 1, 1880 in Halle an der Saale ) was a German chemist.
Life
As the son of a merchant Heinrich Wilhelm Heintz was born on 4 November 1817 in Berlin. First he visited the Joachimsthalsche high school, then the Köllnische High School in his hometown. Since 1834 he was trained as a pharmacist, he completed this training in 1836 with an exam for pharmacist assistants.
Subsequently, he worked as a pharmacist, first in Berlin and later in Ludwigslust, Schwerin as well Bromberg. In 1840 he also completed his matriculation examination after he had continued his further education at private expense. In this and the following year he worked as a military pharmacist in Berlin garrison hospital. The Humboldt University of Berlin referred Heintz 1841 natural science and philosophy. After 1842 also mastered the state examination, he was first class pharmacist. He graduated in 1844 with a doctorate of Doctor of Philosophy. Then he opened a private laboratory.
Two years after his graduation, in 1846, habilitation him the University of Berlin in Chemistry. Since 1851, he worked as an associate professor of chemistry at the University of Halle. He received the full professorship in 1855. Lectures he first had to hold even in his own home, in 1862 he had a new building built for experimentation and teaching by then from then lectured. This gave a total of 40 jobs, but also because the Agricultural Institute was founded and the number of students increased, the building became too small.
Heintz addressed in the areas of chemistry particularly with fats and organic nitrogen compounds. He explicitly explored the influence of monochloroacetic acid with alcohols and phenols, which he made an important contribution to the class of esters.
Heintz served several times as Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy. On December 1, 1880, he died in hall 63- year from the effects of typhoid infection.
Works
- De acido saccharico eiusque salibus (Dissertation, 1844)