Hieronymous Theodor Richter Explained

Hieronymus Theodor Richter
Birth Date:	21 November 1824
Birth Place:	Dresden, Saxony
Death Place:	Freiberg, Saxony.
Citizenship:	German
Nationality:	German
Fields:	Mineralogist
Workplaces:	Freiberg University of Mining and Technology
Known For:	Discovery of indium.

Hieronymus Theodor Richter (21 November 1824 – 25 September 1898) was a German chemist. In 1863, while working at the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, he co-discovered indium with Ferdinand Reich.^[1]

Life

From 1843 to 1847, he studied at the Bergakademie Freiberg (with Carl Friedrich Plattner, among others) and became a member of the Corps Saxo-Borussia Freiberg. He then worked for the Freiberg Hüttenwerken, since 1853 as a metallurgist chemist.

From 1875 to 1896, Theodor Richter worked as director of the Mining Academy and was the last of the Freiberg directors elected for lifetime.^[2] In 1890 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina.^[3]

He died September 25, 1898, in Freiberg, Saxony, at the age of 73.

Honours

In 1865, the mineral Richterite was named in honour of Hieronymous Theodor Richter.^[4]

Literatures

C. Schiffner: From the Life of Old Freiberg Mining Students. E. Maukisch, Freiberg, 1935, pp. 46–48.
125 Years of Indium: Lectures from the Colloquium on November 24, 1988, on the Occasion of the 125th Anniversary of the Discovery of Indium by Freiberg Professors F. Reich and Th. Richter. Freiberg: Bergakademie, 1989.
Winfried Pötsch et al., Lexicon of Significant Chemists, Harri Deutsch, 1989.

Publications

Preliminary note about a new metal. – In: Journal for practical chemistry. 89 (1863), p. 441–442.
About the indium. – In: Journal for practical chemistry. 90 (1863), p. 172–176^[5]
About the indium. – In: Journal for practical chemistry. 92 (1864), p. 480–485^[6]
Probirkunst mit dem Lötrohr (1865)

References

Web site: 10 Interesting Facts about Indium . Advanced Refractory Metals . Cathy . Marchio . Nov 10, 2024.
Asimov, Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology 2nd Revised edition
Web site: List of honorary doctorates . 2020-10-24 . Universitat Leipzig . https://web.archive.org/web/20210122171154/https://geschichte.archiv.uni-leipzig.de/ws/ehrenpromotionen.php . 2021-01-22.
Richterite . Mineral Data Publishing . 2001 . Nov 10, 2024.
Ueber das Indium . F. Reich, Th. Richter . Journal für Praktische Chemie . 90 . 1 . 172–176 . 1863 . 10.1002/prac.18630900122 .
Ueber das Indium . F. Reich, Th. Richter . Journal für Praktische Chemie . 92 . 1 . 480–485 . 1864 . 10.1002/prac.18640920180 .