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Victor Meyer was a German chemist, inventor, and university teacher born in Berlin in 1848. He studied at Heidelberg University and the Friedrichswerder Gymnasium under the doctoral advisor Robert Bunsen. His professional work focused on chemistry and analytical chemical techniques, and he was based in Heidelberg. Meyer authored three works, including *Tabellen zur qualitativen Analyse* and *Unterschiedliche Reaktionen genetisch verschiedener Rattenstämme auf die Implantation von Walker-Carcinom-256*.
He received the Davy Medal and was an honorary member of several institutions, including the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, and the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. His doctoral students included Max Bodenstein, Jocelyn Field Thorpe, Emil Knoevenagel, and Heinrich Biltz. Meyer died in Heidelberg in 1897 from cyanide poisoning. He is described in sources such as the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition and the *Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron*.
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- Works
- 3
Top works
- Unterschiedliche Reaktionen genetisch verschiedener Rattenstämme auf die Implantation von Walker-Carcinom-256
- Friendships
- Tabellen zur qualitativen Analyse
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Victor
- Family name
- Meyer
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Place of birth
- Berlin
- Place of death
- Heidelberg
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Position held
- professor
- Educated at
- Friedrichswerder Gymnasium
- Employer
- Heidelberg University
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Award
- honorary member
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Doctoral advisor
- Robert Bunsen
- Student of
- Hermann von Helmholtz
- Doctoral student
- Wilhelm Michler
- Field of work
- analytical chemical technique
- Image
- V. Meyer ca1890.jpg
- Work location
- Heidelberg
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- date of birth
- 1848-09-08
- date of death
- 1897-08-08
- manner of death
- Suicide
- Commons category
- Victor Meyer
- member of
- Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala
- name in native language
- Victor Meyer
- cause of death
- cyanide poisoning
- student
- Heinrich Biltz
- assessment
- doctoral promotion
- honorific prefix
- Geheimrat
- P8168
- Blériot
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Article · Español
Viktor Mayer a veces conocido como Victor Meyer (Berlín, 8 de setiembre de 1848 - Heidelberg 8 de agosto de 1897) fue un químico alemán. Realizó trabajos significativos en la química orgánica e inorgánica. Es conocido por la invención de un aparato para determinar la densidad de gases, el aparato Victor Meyer. Fue galardonado en 1891 con la medalla Davy, concedida por la Royal Society «por sus investigaciones sobre la determinación de densidades de vapor a altas temperaturas».
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