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Karl Gottfried Hagen

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Nationality
  
Germany

Fields
  
Chemist

Died
  
March 2, 1829, Konigsberg


Role
  
Chemist

Name
  
Karl Hagen

Karl Gottfried Hagen

Born
  
24 December 1749 Konigsberg, Prussia (
1749-12-24
)

Institutions
  
University of Konigsberg

Institution
  
University of Konigsberg

Karl Gottfried Hagen (24 December 1749 – 2 March 1829) was a German chemist.

Hagen was born and died in Königsberg, Prussia.

He founded the first German chemical laboratory at the University of Königsberg, thus establishing the scientific discipline of pharmaceutical chemistry in Germany. He worked as a Professor in the field of physics, chemistry and mineralogy.

His daughter, Johanna, married the astronomer Friedrich Bessel.

Another daughter, Louise Florentine, married the physicist Franz Ernst Neumann.

Works

  • Lehrbuch der Apothekerkunst . Hartung, Königsberg; Leipzig 2nd ed. 1781 Digital edition / Dritte, rechtmäßige und verbesserte Ausgabe 1786 Digital edition / 1788 Digital edition /Vol.1 6th ed. 1806 Digital edition / Vol.1&2 7th ed. 1808 Digital edition / Vol.2 1821 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf
  • Grundriß der Experimentalpharmacie zum Gebrauch bey dem Vortrage derselben . Hartung, Königsberg / Leipzig 1790 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf
  • References

    Karl Gottfried Hagen Wikipedia