Karl Wilhelm Gottlob Kastner

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Karl Kastner
Born 1783
Germany
Died 1857
Germany
Residence Germany
Nationality German
Fields Chemist
Institutions University of Jena
University of Halle
University of Bonn
University of Erlangen
Alma mater University of Jena
Doctoral advisor Johann Friedrich August Gottling
Doctoral students Justus von Liebig
Known for Study of triboluminescence
Chemistry textbooks


Karl Wilhelm Gottlob Kastner (1783 - 1857) was a German chemist and natural scientist.

Kastner is best known today as the teacher of chemist Justus von Liebig.

Kastner received his doctorate in 1805 under the guidance of Johann Gottling and began lecturing at the University of Jena. He moved on to the University of Heidelberg and became professor at the University of Halle in 1812. In 1818 he relocated to the University of Bonn. Again he moved on, partly for political reasons, to the University of Erlangen, where he remained for the remainder of his professional life. Liebig, who had come to Bonn to study with Kastner, followed him to Erlangen and received his doctorate in 1822.

Many of Kastner's academic positions required not only the teaching of chemistry, but also mathematics, zoology, physics, mineralogy, geology, and pharmacy.

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NAME Kastner, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kastner, Karl Wilhelm Gottlob
SHORT DESCRIPTION German Chemist
DATE OF BIRTH 1783
PLACE OF BIRTH Germany
DATE OF DEATH 1857
PLACE OF DEATH Germany
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