Frederick Augustus Genth 1820–1893 chemist—mineralogist—collector
✍ Scribed by W.M. Myers; S. Zerfoss
- Book ID
- 103079830
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1946
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 729 KB
- Volume
- 241
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-0032
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✦ Synopsis
This is only three years after the death of Werner . lie displayed an acute interest in natural history at a very early age . Alter spending three years in the Hanau Gymnasium he matriculated in the 1_'niversity of Heidelberg in 1839 . He there began the systematic study of chemistry, geology, and mineralogy under Gmelin . Blum, and Leonhard . He left Heidelberg in 1841 and became a student in the University of Giessen, concentrating in chemistry under Fresenius, Kopp, and Liehig . He left Giessen in 1843 due to ill health and then entered the University of Marburg in 1844, studying under Bunsen and Gerling . He thus had the advantage of contact with an eminent group of professors . After obtaining his doctor's degree at Marburg he became Chemical Assistant to Professor Bunsen and later was appointed Privat-Docent in the University . He held this position for three years and in the summer of 1848 sailed for Baltimore. This was a year of unrest in Germany and of migration of many Germans to the United States, who subsequently founded many outstanding American families .