Franz Schneider (chemist)
Franz Seraph Celestine Schneider, 1885 Knights of Schneider ( born September 28, 1812in Krems an der Donau, † November 29, 1897 in Vienna ) was an Austrian chemist and physician.
Life
The son of a master tailor Jacob Schneider and his wife Anna Maria nee Barth attended high school and the philosophical establishment of his home town of Krems. In 1833 he came under the religious name of Celestine in the Göttweig, which he left after two years during the novitiate. However, his religious name he never abandoned. 1836 Schneider began studying medicine at the University of Vienna. In 1842 he earned the title of Doctor of Medicine and Master of Obstetrics, 1843, he was awarded his doctorate in surgery. Then Schneider practiced until 1846 in Duke castle and then became the assistant of Adolf Martin Pleischl at the Department of Chemistry at the University of Vienna. Because of his commitment during the March Revolution Schneider, as well Pleischl, released in 1848 and was forced to leave Vienna. He went to Prague and was at the Charles University employees by Josef Redtenbacher. A year later, Schneider applied unsuccessfully to a chair at the Medical-Surgical establishment of Salzburg. In 1850 he qualified as a professor in Vienna in the field of special inorganic and organic chemistry. Two years later he was appointed professor of surgical sciences at the preparation Wienerfeld pupil Medical Institute, where he taught physics, chemistry and natural history. 1853 Schneider received a professorship at the Royal Hungarian University of Pest, the adoption of which, however, forbade him the War Department. With the transformation of the pupil Institute for Educational Institution for field doctors in the rank of a military academy Schneider took over in 1854 the chair of chemistry. Schneider was 1864-1866 City Council of the City of Vienna and member of the Commission for the construction of the First Vienna Mountain Spring Pipeline. In 1868 he was awarded the Order of the Iron Crown III. Given class. In 1870, Schneider was appointed professor at the University of Vienna and took over as successor to Josef Redtenbacher the Department of General and Medical Chemistry. Between 1875 and 1876, Schneider was Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. During this time, he called Adolf loves to Vienna. In 1876 he had to because of the consequences of an accident in 1871 caused by damage to the eyes to give up teaching and medical officer was in the Ministry of the Interior. Between 1879 and 1888 Schneider stood in front of the Supreme Health as president. In 1880 he was commander of the Franz Joseph Order. In 1885 he was elevated to the Austrian equestrian. 1888 joined the Ministerial retired and was appointed councilor. In 1889 he was appointed lifelong member of the manor.
Schneider was married to Therese Noble of planners since 1850. He was the father of the archaeologist Robert Schneider, the painter Richard Schneider and father of Anton Weichselbaum.
Work
Schneider was the last of the old school Viennese chemist who joined chemistry and medicine. He was the founder of forensic toxicology in Austria and developed new methods for the detection of arsenic and mercury in the human body. Other services he acquired through the expansion of the Austrian medical service, the first hygienist at the University of Vienna were students cutter. He also created a variety of opinions.
Publications
- Basics of General Chemistry, 1851
- The court Chemistry, court doctors and lawyers, 1852, editions published in Dutch and Italian
- Foundations of Chemistry, 1853, 1881
- Commentary on the new Austrian Pharmacopoeia, 2 vols, 1855. Digitized edition of the University and State Library Dusseldorf