Hieronymous Theodor Richter

Hieronymus Theodor Richter (21 November 1824 – 25 September 1898) was a German chemist. In 1863, while working at the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, he co-discovered indium with Ferdinand Reich.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Life

From 1843 to 1847, he studied at the Bergakademie Freiberg (with Carl Friedrich Plattner, among others) and became a member of the Corps Saxo-Borussia Freiberg. He then worked for the Freiberg Hüttenwerken, since 1853 as a metallurgist chemist.

From 1875 to 1896, Theodor Richter worked as director of the Mining Academy and was the last of the Freiberg directors elected for lifetime.<ref>Asimov, Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology 2nd Revised edition</ref> In 1890 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

He died September 25, 1898, in Freiberg, Saxony, at the age of 73.

Honours

In 1865, the mineral Richterite was named in honour of Hieronymous Theodor Richter.<ref>Template:Cite website</ref>

Literatures

• C. Schiffner: From the Life of Old Freiberg Mining Students. E. Maukisch, Freiberg, 1935, pp. 46–48.
• 125 Years of Indium: Lectures from the Colloquium on November 24, 1988, on the Occasion of the 125th Anniversary of the Discovery of Indium by Freiberg Professors F. Reich and Th. Richter. Freiberg: Bergakademie, 1989.
• Winfried Pötsch et al., Lexicon of Significant Chemists, Harri Deutsch, 1989.

Publications

• Preliminary note about a new metal. – In: Journal for practical chemistry. 89 (1863), p. 441–442.
• About the indium. – In: Journal for practical chemistry. 90 (1863), p. 172–176<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• About the indium. – In: Journal for practical chemistry. 92 (1864), p. 480–485<ref>Template:Cite journal </ref>
• Probirkunst mit dem Lötrohr (1865)

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