Georg Lunge

Infobox_Scientist
name = Georg Lunge

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image_width = 200px
caption = Georg Lunge
birth_date = birth date|1839|9|15
birth_place = Breslau, Germany
residence =
nationality = German
death_date = death date and age|1923|1|3|1839|9|15
death_place = Zurich, Switzerland
field = organic chemistry
work_institution = ETH Zurich.
alma_mater = University of Heidelberg,
University of Breslau
doctoral_advisor = Ferdinand Cohn
doctoral_students =
known_for = Lunge reagent
prizes =
religion =
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Georg Lunge (15 September 1839 - January 3 1923) was a German chemist born in Breslau. He studied at Heidelberg (under Robert Bunsen) and Breslau, graduating at the latter university in 1859, for the work with Ferdinand Cohn. Turning his attention to technical chemistry, he became chemist at several works both in Germany and England, and in 1876 he was appointed professor of technical chemistry at ETH Zurich. Lunge's original contributions over a very wide field, dealing both with technical processes and analysis. In addition, he was a voluminous writer, enriching scientific literature with many standard works. His treatises "Coal Tar and Ammonia", "Destillation Des Steinkohlentheers" and "Sulphuric Acid and Alkali", established his position as the highest authority on these subjects, while the "Chemische-technische Untersuchungs-Methoden", to which he contributed, testified to his researches in technical analysis. His jubilee was celebrated in Zurich on 15 September 1909. He died in Zurich January 3 1923.

References

*cite journal
title = Obituary notices: ... Georg Lunge, 1839–1923; ..
author = J. A. Voelcker, A. Harden, T. M. Lowry and Percival J. Fryer
journal = Journal of the Chemical Society, Trans.,
volume = 123
issue =
pages = 946–959
year = 1923
url = http://www.rsc.org/delivery/_ArticleLinking/DisplayArticleForFree.cfm?doi=CT9232300946&JournalCode=CT
doi = 10.1039/CT9232300946