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| '''Augustus Matthiessen''' (] ], ]; ] ], London), the son of a merchant, was a British ] and ] who obtained his PhD in Germany at ] in 1852. He then worked with ] at the ] from 1853 to 1856. His work in this period included the isolation of ] and ] in their pure states. He then returned to London and studied with ] from 1857 at the ], and set up his own research laboratory at 1 Torrington Place, ], London. He was elected a Fellow of the ] (FRS) in 1861. He worked as a lecturer on chemistry at ], London, from 1862 to 1868, and then at ], London, from 1868. His research was chiefly on the constitution of ] and ] ]s. For his work on metals and alloys, he was awarded the Royal Society's ] in 1869. Matthiessen committed suicide in 1870 under "severe nervous strain". | '''Augustus Matthiessen''', ] (] ], ] – ] ], London), the son of a merchant, was a British ] and ] who obtained his PhD in Germany at ] in 1852. He then worked with ] at the ] from 1853 to 1856. His work in this period included the isolation of ] and ] in their pure states. He then returned to London and studied with ] from 1857 at the ], and set up his own research laboratory at 1 Torrington Place, ], London. He was elected a Fellow of the ] (FRS) in 1861. He worked as a lecturer on chemistry at ], London, from 1862 to 1868, and then at ], London, from 1868. His research was chiefly on the constitution of ] and ] ]s. For his work on metals and alloys, he was awarded the Royal Society's ] in 1869. Matthiessen committed suicide in 1870 under "severe nervous strain". | ||
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Augustus Matthiessen, FRS (2 January 1831, London – 6 October 1870, London), the son of a merchant, was a British chemist and physicist who obtained his PhD in Germany at Giessen in 1852. He then worked with Robert Bunsen at the University of Heidelberg from 1853 to 1856. His work in this period included the isolation of calcium and strontium in their pure states. He then returned to London and studied with August Wilhelm von Hofmann from 1857 at the Royal College of Chemistry, and set up his own research laboratory at 1 Torrington Place, Russell Square, London. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1861. He worked as a lecturer on chemistry at St Mary's Hospital, London, from 1862 to 1868, and then at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, from 1868. His research was chiefly on the constitution of alloys and opium alkaloids. For his work on metals and alloys, he was awarded the Royal Society's Royal Medal in 1869. Matthiessen committed suicide in 1870 under "severe nervous strain".
Sources
- Entry for Augustus Matthiessen in Dictionary of National Biography (1903)
- Entry for Matthiesson in the Royal Society's Library and Archive catalogue's details of Fellows (accessed 2008)