About Gustav Bischof
Lived 1792 – 1870 (aged 78). Gustav Bischof was a German chemist, geologist and university teacher, known for Chemical geology and Wood gas.
Karl Gustav Bischof (18 January 1792 – 30 November 1870) was a German chemist, born in Nuremberg. He studied at Erlangen where he became a university lecturer ("Privatdozent") in 1815. In 1819 he was appointed to the position of an extra-Ordinary Professor of Chemistry at Bonn, and in 1822 to that of a full professor.
Addressing dynamical geology, he noted that substances such as carbonic acid, hydrochloric acid, and other gases as well as water vapor played a part in volcanic eruptions. He experimented with the development of safety-lamps and wrote an essay on the avoidance of explosions in mines.
Awards In 1859, Bischof was elected as member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. Bischof was awarded the Wollaston Medal in 1863 by the Geological Society of London. The society's highest award, it is given for "significant influence by means of a substantial body of excellent research in either or both pure and applied aspects of the science" of geology.
Gustav Bischof died in Bonn on 30 November 1870.
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German geologist and chemist (1792–1870)
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Gustav Bischof died on 30 November 1870 in Bonn.
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Gustav Bischof was a chemist, geologist and university teacher.
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Gustav Bischof was known for Chemical geology and Wood gas.
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