Hugo Erdmann

Hugo Erdmann
Born May 8, 1862(1862-05-08)
Preußisch Holland Germany
Died June 25, 1910(1910-06-25) (aged 48)
Müritzsee, Germany
Residence Germany
Nationality German
Doctoral advisor Jacob Volhard
Known for Volhard-Erdmann cyclization

Hugo Wilhelm Traugott Erdmann (8 May 1862 – 25 June 1910) was the German chemist who discovered, together with his doctoral advisor Jacob Volhard, the Volhard-Erdmann cyclization. In 1898 he was the first who coined the term noble gas (the original noun is Edelgas in German).[1]

Erdmann invented the name Thiozone in 1908, hypothesizing that S3 made up a large proportion of liquid sulfur.[2]

Bibliography

Books written by Erdmann:

  1. Introduction to Chemical Preparations (Preview at Google Books)

References

Notes

  1. ^ Renouf, Edward (1901-02-15). "Noble gases". Science 13 (320): 268–270. doi:10.1126/science.13.320.268. 
  2. ^ Hugo Erdmann (1908). "Ueber Thiozonide, ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss des Schwefels und seiner ringförmigen Verbindungen". Justus Liebigs Annalen der Chemie 362 (2): 133–173. doi:10.1002/jlac.19083620202.