1. Johann Gottlieb was an Austrian chemist who first synthesized Propionic acid.
11 Facts About Johann Gottlieb
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Johann Gottlieb completed his Matura at the local Gymnasium and was supposed to take over his father's business.
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Johann Gottlieb studied thus first pharmacy then chemistry under professor Adolf Martin Pleischl in Vienna.
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In early 1846, Gottlieb was appointed professor for general and technical chemistry to that newly created chair.
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Johann Gottlieb first reorganised the laboratory formerly used for physical and chemical purposes.
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Johann Gottlieb then engaged somewhat in politics serving as a member to the Styrian federal state parliament in 1848 where he represented a moderate liberal political position.
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Johann Gottlieb heavily contributed to the reorganisation coming with that new status.
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On 3rd March 1875, Johann Gottlieb broke down in his office and died the next day in his home following a stroke.
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Johann Gottlieb was remembered as a passionate researcher, restless worker and an excellent rhetorician.
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Johann Gottlieb thus followed and shared Justus von Liebig's approaches in chemistry education which were introduced to universities and technical colleges in the Austrian Empire in the early 1840s.
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Johann Gottlieb was the most prolific Austrian textbook writer of his time and his Vollstandiges Taschenbuch der Chemischen Technologie was the first of its kind in the German speaking region.