Georg Ludwig Carius, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Georg Ludwig Carius

German chemist

Date of Birth: 24-Aug-1829

Place of Birth: Barbis, Lower Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 24-Apr-1875

Profession: pharmacist, chemist, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Georg Ludwig Carius (August 24, 1829 – April 24, 1875) was a German chemist born in Barbis, in the Kingdom of Hanover.
He studied under Friedrich Wöhler and was assistant to Robert Bunsen for 6 years.
He was Director of the Marburger Chemical Institute (Marburger Chemischen Instituts) of Philipps University of Marburg from 1865.
He is noted for the studies of oxidation for which he developed a method involving high temperature digestion in a sealed tube.
Heavy wall sealed tubes, as used for digestion or thermolysis are referred to as "Carius tubes".
He also wrote a textbook on polybasic acids.