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František Wald

1861 – 1930

Czech chemist and university educator

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Lived 1861 – 1930 (aged 69). František Wald was an Austrian chemist, pedagogue and university teacher.

František "Franz" Wald (9 January 1861 – 19 October 1931) was a Czech professor of chemistry who contributed to metallurgy, analytical and physical chemistry. He questioned atomic and molecular approaches to understanding chemical phenomena.

Wald was born at Brandýsek, near Slaný, where his father, originally from Chemnitz, Germany, was a foreman of a workshop of the Austrian Railways. His mother was from Karlsbad. Wald went to school at Kladno and received a grant from the Austrian State Railways to study at Prague. Although German adopted a Czech nationality. He worked at the laboratory of Pražská železářská společnost, the main ironworks in Kladno. He became a chief chemist in 1886. In 1908 he became a professor at the Czech Technical University, Prague.

Wald examined chemical phenomena using the laws of thermodynamics, rather than examine them through ideas from atomic theory. He wrote on this in his Die Energie und ihre Entwertung (1888). His second book Chemie fází (Prague, 1918) examined his idea of phase as a fundamental concept rather than atoms.

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Czech Technical University in Prague
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Franz Wald

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Who was František Wald?

Czech chemist and university educator (1861–1930)

When was František Wald born?

František Wald was born on 9 January 1861 in Brandýsek.

When did František Wald die?

František Wald died on 19 October 1930 in Ostrava.

What was František Wald's occupation?

František Wald was a chemist, pedagogue and university teacher.

What nationality was František Wald?

František Wald was Austrian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: František Wald

· Wikidata: Q1445698

· DBpedia: František Wald

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