Important Figures in Analytical Chemistry from Germany: From the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century - Important Figures of Analytical Chemistry from Germany in Brief Biographies - page 33

Fig. 2.15 Portrait of
Wilhelm August Lampadius
(1772-1842)
with G.C. Lichtenberg and J.F. Gmelin, serving as experimental assistant in
their courses. Lichtenberg introduced him to his future employer, Count J. von
Sternberg.
In 1792, Sternberg employed him as a travelling companion for an expedition
through Russia to China. En route to Russia, he met M.H. Klaproth in Berlin.
On arriving in St. Petersburg, he learnt that the Russian Government had
denied permission for the expedition. He stayed awhile and met T. Lowitz, then
accompanied Sternberg back to his Bohemian estates. Lampadius then estab-
lished a new ironworks for Sternberg at Radnitz (now Radnice) near Pilsen.
During this time, when A.G. Werner was seeking a successor to C.E. Gellert in
the Kurfürstlich-Sächsische Bergakademie (Mining Academy) Freiberg [ 24 VI],
he interviewed him on Klaproth's recommendation. Favourably impressed,
Werner recommended the appointment. Lampadius held the chair with great
distinction from 1794 until 1842. In 1801, Lampadius published the Handbuch zur
chemischen Analyse der Mineralkörper [ 143 ].
His methods were similar to those of Klaproth but parts of the topic are in the
style of textbooks of a much latter period. For example, it gives lists of equipment