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Authorised form of nameSchorlemmer; Carl (1834 - 1892)
Dates1834 - 1892
NationalityGerman
Place of birthDarmstadt, Germany
Date of birth30 September 1834
Place of deathHis house in Manchester, Lancashire
Date of death27 June 1892
Research fieldOrganic chemistry
History of chemistry
ActivityCareer:
Apothecary's pupil, Gross-Armstadt; Pharmaceutical Assistant, Heidelberg; gave up business and entered the University of Giessen (1859); Assistant to H E Roscoe (FRS 1863), Owen's College, Manchester (1859); Senior Assistant in Owens College Laboratory, Manchester; Professor of Organic Chemistry, Manchester (1874); naturalised British (1879); died of a lingering disease
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election08/06/1871
RelationshipsEldest son of Johannes Schorlemmer, master carpenter; unmarried
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1892-1893 vol 52 pp vii-ix signed by H E R
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/2615585
CodeNA6411
Archives associated with this Fellow
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MM/14/152Report on a paper by Thorpe and Young on the combined action of heat and pressure on the paraffins, by Carl Schorlemmer8 November 1872
MS/373/1/112Testimonial by Carl Schorlemmer, Owen's College, Manchester, supporting Thomas Edward Thorpe[April 1874]
RR/8/61Referee's report by Hugo Muller, on a paper 'On the normal paraffins.—Part II' by Carl Schorlemmer6 July 1877
NLB/6/902Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons25 August 1892
NLB/6/900Copy letter from Theodore E James, to C G Cresswell, 9 Bridge Street, S.W.16 August 1892
RR/7/206Referee's report by William Odling, on a paper 'On the normal paraffins' by Carl Schorlemmer13 June 1872
RR/8/204Referee's report by Hugo Muller, on a paper 'On the normal paraffins. —Part III' by Carl Schorlemmer6 December 1879
RR/8/62Referee's report by Henry Edward Armstrong, on a paper 'On the normal paraffins.—Part II' by Carl Schorlemmer1 August 1877
RR/7/207Referee's report by Alexander William Williamson, on a paper 'On the normal paraffins' by Carl Schorlemmer27 June 1872
EC/1871/10Schorlemmer, Carl: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/7/313Letter from C [Carl] Schorlemmer, Owens College, Manchester, to [Sir Edward Sabine], President of the Royal Society and to the Council15 March 1866
MC/7Volume 7 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1864-1866
MC/8/205Letter from C [Carl] Schorlemmer, Owens College, Manchester, to [Sir Edward Sabine], President of the Royal Society and to the Council1 June 1868
MC/8Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1867-1869
RR/8/257Referee's report by Henry Edward Armstrong, on a paper 'On the normal paraffins. —Part III' by Carl Schorlemmer[1880]
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