Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Wackenroder

Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Wackenroder

Born	8 March 1798 Burgdorf, Hanover
Died	4 September 1854 (1854-09-05) (aged 56) Jena
Nationality	German
Fields	Chemistry
Known for	Wackenroder solution

Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Wackenroder (8 March 1798 Burgdorf, Hanover – 4 September 1854 Jena) was a German chemist.

In 1827 he obtained his doctorate from the University of Erlangen, becoming an associate professor the following year at the University of Jena, where he worked with Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner (1780-1849). In 1836 he became a full professor of pharmaceuticals. For a period of time he was inspector of pharmacies in the Grand Duchy of Saxony.

In 1826 Wackenroder isolated corydalin from Corydalis cava and in 1831 isolated carotin from carrots.^[1] In 1845 he discovered the Wackenroder solution, a polythionic acid.

Writings

Chemische Tabellen zur Analyse der unorganischen Körper (1829)
Synoptische Tabellen über die chemischen Verbindungen erster Ordnung (1830)
Ausführliche Charakteristik der wichtigsten Stickstoffreihen organischer Säuren (1841)
Chemische Klassifikation der einfachen und zusammengesetzten Körper und die wichtigsten Verbindungen derselben (1851)

Carl Oppenheimer (1896), "Wackenroder, Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German), 40, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 443–444
Wolfram Wendler: Der akademische Unterricht in der Pharmazie um die Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts : dargestellt an der Mitschrift einer Vorlesung Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Wackenroders aus dem Jahre 1845. Diss. Marburg 2004

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