Franz Leopold Sonnenschein, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German chemist
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Place of Birth: Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
About Franz Leopold Sonnenschein
- Franz Leopold Sonnenschein (13 July 1817 – 26 February 1879) was a German chemist from Cologne. He taught himself pharmacy, and in the 1830s, established a small laboratory in Berlin.
- He worked with a physician as tutor for pharmacy students, readying them for their final exams.
- At the same time, he studied chemistry and in 1852 obtained his habilitation.
- He dedicated himself to analytic chemistry and involved himself in practical activities, for which he gained prestige.
- Many technical enterprises owed their success to him.
- He promoted analytic and judicial chemistry by numerous scientific investigations.
- From 1869 up until his death, he served as a professor at the University of Berlin.Sonnenschein's reagent (phosphomolybdenic acid) is a reagent for alkaloids.
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