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Georg Friedrich Hildebrandt

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Georg Friedrich Hildebrandt
Born1764
Germany
Died1816
Germany
Nationality German
Alma materUniversity of Göttingen
Scientific career
FieldsPharmacist, chemist, and anatomist
InstitutionsUniversity of Erlangen
Doctoral advisorJohann Friedrich Gmelin
Doctoral studentsJohann Salomo Christoph Schweigger

Georg Friedrich Hildebrandt, (1764 - 1816) was a pharmacist, chemist, and anatomist. He was an early supporter of Lavoisier's theories in Germany. He investigated mercury compounds, and the chemical nature of quicklime, ammonium nitrate, and ammonia. He studied light emitted by electric discharges through air and investigated use of nitric oxide to determine the oxygen content of air. He developed a method to separate silver from copper. He wrote textbooks on pharmacology and human anatomy, and treatises on smallpox, sleep, and the digestive system.

He obtained his MD in 1783 from the University of Göttingen under Johann Friedrich Gmelin.

References

  • K. Hufbauer, The Formation of the German Chemical Community (1720-1795), University of California Press, 1982, p. 214.
  • Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970-1990, vol. 6, p. 395.
  • J. fur Chemie und Physik, 1819, 25, pp. 1-16.
  • J. R. Partington, A History of Chemistry, Macmillan, 1962, vol. 3, pp. 638-639.
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