The Eminent Russian – German Chemist Friedrich Konrad Beilstein (1838-1906) in the Literature between the 19th and 21st Centuries

Abstract

Friedrich Konrad Beilstein (1838-1906) was one of the most prominent chemists of the second half of the nineteenth century. His life and scientific achievements were described in the literature published between the 19th and 21st centuries in different countries. The purpose of this paper is to familiarize readers with the important events in the life of Beilstein and his research activities, in particular some of his experimental research results, as well as his selected publications. In addition, the names of authors of biographies or biographical notes about Beilstein, published in 1890-2018 are presented.

Albert Ladenburg (1842-1911) – The Distinguished German Chemist and Historian of Chemistry of the Second Half of the XIX Century (To the 110th Anniversary of His Death)

“…52 Ladenburg is first from the left in the second row; to his left are the Danish chemist Sophus Mads Jørgensen (1837-1914), the Finnish chemist and historian of chemistry Edvard Hjelt (1855-1921), the German chemist Hans Heinrich Landolt (1831-1910), the German chemist Clemens Alexander Winkler (1838-1904), who discovered germanium in 1886, and T. E. Thorpe. Seated from the left to right in the front row are the Dutch chemist Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff (1852-1911), who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1901, the Russian -German chemist Friedrich Konrad Beilstein (1838-1906), 53 the Scottish chemist William Ramsay (1852-1916), who found neon, argon, krypton, and xenon in air and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1904, the Russian chemist D. I. Mendeleev, who discovered the Periodic Law in 1871, the German chemist Adolf von Baeyer (1835-1917), who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1905, and the Italian chemist Alfonso Cossa (1833-1902).…”