Everything about Friedrich Reinitzer totally explained
Friedrich Richard Reinitzer (
February 25,
1857 in
Prague -
February 16,
1927 in
Graz) was an
Austrian botanist and chemist. In late 1880s, experimenting with
cholesteryl benzoate, he discovered properties of
liquid crystals (named so later by
Otto Lehmann).
Reinitzer was born into a German
Bohemian family in Prague. He studied chemistry at the
German technical university in Prague; in 1883 he was
habilitated there as a private
docent. In 1885 he moved to the
technical university in
Graz. During 1909 - 1910 he served as the
rector of the university.
In 1888 he discovered a strange behaviour of what would later be called
liquid crystals. For the explanation of their behaviour he collaborated with the physicist
Otto Lehmann from
Aachen. The discovery received plenty of attention at the time but due to no practical use the interest dropped soon.
Selected works
From (External Link
):
- Beiträge zur Kenntnis des Cholesterins, in: Monatshefte für Chemie 3, 1883;
- Der Gerbstoffbegriff und seine Beziehung zur Pflanzenchemie, in: Lotos 39, 1891.
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