Franz Leopold Sonnenschein

Franz Leopold Sonnenschein (July 13, 1817 – February 26, 1879) was a German chemist from Cologne.

He taught himself pharmacy, and in the 1830's established a small laboratory in Berlin. He along studied with a physician other pharmacists for the state examination. At the same time he studied chemistry and set himself up in 1852 as a private lecturer. He dedicated himself to analytic chemistry and involved himself in a practical activities, for which he won a reputation unlike any chemist before him. Many technical enterprises owed their success to him. He promoted analytic and judicial chemistry by numerous scientific investigations. He died while a professor at the University of Berlin.

Works

His most notable works include:
* "Anleitung zur chemischen Analyse" (Guidance for the Chemical Analysis) (1852)
* "Anleitung zur quantitativen chemischen Analyse" (Guidance for the Quantitative Chemical Analysis) (1864)
* "Handbuch der gerichtlichen Chemie" (Manual of Judicial Chemistry) (1881)
* "Handbuch der analytischen Chemie" (Manual of Analytic Chemistry) (1870-71)

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