Gustaf Erik Pasch

Gustaf Erik Pasch ( born September 3, 1788 in Norrköping, † September 6, 1862 ) was a Swedish chemist, physician and inventor who contributed decisively to the emergence of Sicherheitszündholzes. Pasch was actually called Berggren, but in 1806 he took the name of his stepfather, who was a brother of the painter Johan Pasch.

Biography

Pasch studied from 1806 in Uppsala, served from 1808 to 1810 at the home defense as an assistant doctor at the hospital in Örebro and after that he was active as a teacher in Östergötland and Stockholm. His own studies, he continued under Jöns Jakob Berzelius. 1817, Pasch involved as chemical engineering advisory board to the construction of the Göta Canal. A year later he began as an adjunct ( comparable to a junior professor ) at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, and in 1823 he obtained a position as lecturer at the Academy of Sciences and the title of professor. He was elected member of the Science and the Agricultural Academy. Pasch ended its activities in 1823 at the Karolinska Institute in 1851 and is retired from his duties at the Academy of Sciences.

Work

For the Science Academy Pasch wrote from 1824 to 1849 the annual reports on all technological inventions within that society. As a member of the Swedish Society for sericulture, he wrote from 1846 to 1861 with annual presentations.

In 1844 he received a patent for a new variant of the match, where the harmful white phosphorus was replaced by red, which was a crucial step for safety match. His invention was further developed by the German chemist Rudolf Christian Böttger and made ​​world famous by the manufacturers Lundström brothers.

Because of his knowledge of making paper, which was particularly suitable for bills, which he had acquired in a study tour of France, he received from the Bank of Sweden commissioned patterns bills to customize. The results were between 1830 and 1850 in use.