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Fig. 2.12
Portrait of Lorenz
Florenz Friedrich von Crell
(1745-1816)
Soon after his return to Germany, he was appointed to the new chair of chemistry in
the Collegium Carolinum (now Technische Universität) Brunswick in 1771 [
24
IX].
He was Professor of Philosophy and Medicine at the Universität Helmstedt from
1773 until its closure in 1810 by the Napoleonic regime, when he transferred to
Göttingen [
24
X]. He is primarily remembered for his literary activity although he
carried a number of original researches on inorganic materials and on natural prod-
ucts [
121
].
Over the years, Crell produced and edited a large number of journals [
24f
[24f(i),
122
],
some were short lived such as his first,
Chemisches Journal
(1778-1781), translated
into English as
Chemical Journal
[
123
], this was important as it was the first jour-
nal to be exclusively devoted to chemistry [
124
]. Some of his other journals such
as
Chemische Annalen
(1784-1804) were more long-lasting. Crell published work
by many distinguished analytical chemists such as Klaproth, Lowitz and Richter.
Through his position as a successful journal editor, Crell was enabled to exert a
strong influence on the German reception of the various theories being developed to
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