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Authorised form of nameCrell; Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von (? 1744 - 1816)
Other forms of nameFlorens Laurentius Fridericus
Lorenz Florenz Friedrich
Other forms of surnameVon Crell
Dates? 1744 - 1816
Place of birthHelmstedt, Germany
Date of birth21 January 1744 or 1745
Place of deathGottingen, Germany
Date of death07 June 1816
Research fieldChemistry
ActivityEducation:
D Phil; MD
Career:
Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy, the Carolinum, Brunswick (1771-1773); Professor of Philosophy and medicine, University of Helmstadt (until its dissolution, 1810); Professor of Chemistry, University of Gottingen; supported the phlogiston theory
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election03/04/1788
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Notes:
DSB gives birth date as 21 January 1745.
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/9884202
CodeNA7268
Archives associated with this Fellow
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CB/2/119Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to F Crell11 February 1788
L&P/11/21Paper, 'Essay on the source of Caloric during the inflammation of bodies' by Lorentz Florenz Friedrich von Crell1796
CB/2/61Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to F Crell7 June 1787
CB/2/739Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to F Crell2 December 1785
CB/2/138Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to F Crell4 April 1788
CB/2/12Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to F Crell4 July 1786
CB/2/26Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to F Crell12 August 1786
CB/2/46Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to F Crell13 October 1786
CB/2/767Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to F CrellMay 1786
L&P/11/47Paper, 'Inquiry into the difference between specific heat and that caloric whic is required for a certain state or form of bodies' by Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von Crell1798
CB/1/3/94Letter from F L F Crell to Charles Blagden8 May 1797
L&P/11/145Paper, 'Experiments on the decomposition of acid of borax' by Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von Crell1799
L&P/5/252Paper, 'Some experiments on putrefaction' by Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von Crell1771
L&P/7/134Paper, 'Of a new acid' by Lorenz Florenz Friedrich Von Crell1779
L&P/7/223Paper, 'On a new animal acid' by Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von Crell1781
L&P/11/83Paper, 'Experiments on the growth of certain plants in pure water' by Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von Crell1798
CB/1/3/93Letter from F L F Crell to Charles Blagden, London8 May 1797
EC/1787/17Crell, Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von: certificate of election to the Royal Society
AP/7/7/1Unpublished letter, regarding continuation of paper from L de Crell [Lorenz von Crell] to [Sir Joseph Banks]14 December 1801
AP/7/7/2Unpublished manuscript, 'Fernere Versuche über die Zerlegung der Borax-Säure, oder des Sedativ Salzes' ['Further experiments on the decomposition of borax acid, or the sedative salt'] by Lorentz [Lorenz] von Crell16 April 1799
AP/7/7Unpublished letter and paper, 'Fernere Versuche über die Zerlegung der Borax-Säure, oder des Sedativ Salzes' ['Further experiments on the decomposition of borax acid, or the sedative salt'] by Lorentz [Lorenz] von CrellApril 1799 - December 1801
L&P/11/87Paper, 'On the decomposition of the acid of borax or sedative salt' by Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von Crell1798
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