33-443: Strecker is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Adolph Strecker (1822–1871), German chemist who worked with amino acids Herman Strecker (1836–1901), American entomologist specialising in butterflies and moths Heinrich Strecker (1893–1981), Austrian composer of operettas and popular Viennese music Ignatius Jerome Strecker (1917–2003), American prelate of
66-459: A double grave at Alter Friedhof cemetery in Giessen. That both died on the same day sparked the myth that they had fought against each other in a duel . However, in 2008 the local newspaper Gießener Allgemeine Zeitung , referencing a 1939 chronicle of the fraternity Corps Teutonia zu Gießen which Karl von Müller co-founded, revealed that both students had died of typhus . Von Müller had contracted
99-599: A lecturer at the university. Strecker investigated a wide variety of problems in both organic and inorganic chemistry during his time at Giessen. Examples include the molecular masses of silver and carbon , the reactions of lactic acid , the decomposition of hippuric acid by nitric acid , and the separation of cobalt and nickel . Strecker wanted to leave Giessen for a position at the University of Berlin , but when he heard of an open position at Norway's University of Christiania , he applied for it and in 1851 became
132-520: A professor there. While in Norway, Strecker focused on organic chemistry, covering a broad range of topics from organometallic chemistry to natural products. Strecker left Norway on Christian Gottlob Gmelin's death in 1860 to accept the latter's position at the University of Tübingen . There he conducted research on guanine , xanthine , caffeine , and theobromine , and on the very toxic thallium oxides, which damaged his health severely. He moved to
165-542: A second time on September 29, 1855. University of Giessen University of Giessen , official name Justus Liebig University Giessen (German: Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen ), is a large public research university in Giessen , Hesse , Germany . It is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the German-speaking world . It is named after its most famous faculty member, Justus von Liebig ,
198-615: Is among the oldest institutions of higher educations in the German-speaking world. It was founded in 1607 as a Lutheran university in the city of Giessen in Hesse-Darmstadt because the all-Hessian Landesuniversität (the nearby University of Marburg ( Philipps-Universität Marburg ) in Marburg , Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)) had become Reformed (that is, Calvinist ). Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt , whence
231-584: Is buried in the Hauptfriedhof. The Strecker synthesis of amino acids involves the reaction of potassium cyanide , ammonium chloride , and an aldehyde to make an alpha amino acid. The reaction can also be run with ammonia, hydrogen cyanide, and an aldehyde. Because of the relative simplicity of the reactants, the Strecker synthesis has been invoked by those studying both the origin of life and meteoritic amino acids. Also named for Strecker are
264-519: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Adolph Strecker Adolph Strecker (21 October 1822 – 7 November 1871) was a German chemist who is remembered primarily for his work with amino acids . Strecker was born in Darmstadt, the son of Friedrich Ludwig Strecker, an archivist working for the hessian Grand Duke , and Henriette Amalie Johannette Koch. Adolph Strecker attended school in Darmstadt until 1838 when he changed to
297-580: The Strecker degradation , which involves the conversion of amino acids into imines and then into ketones, and the Strecker sulfite alkylation . Strecker, while serving as a professor in Norway, returned to Germany for several holidays. During one such visit to Darmstadt, Strecker, on July 3, 1852, married Karoline Auguste Natalie Weber (1852–1853), who died 16 months later – on October 13, 1853. She had given birth on October 2, 1853, to Friederike Caroline Sophie Christiane Natalie Strecker. Adolph Stecker married
330-590: The University of Würzburg in 1870, but his first semester was interrupted by the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871. Strecker became an officer during the war and returned to the university after it, where he started his last semester. In the summer of 1871 he undertook a recreational holiday in Berchtesgaden , Bavaria , but his health began to deteriorate. Strecker died in Würzburg , where he
363-445: The surname Strecker . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Strecker&oldid=1166809859 " Categories : Surnames German-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
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#1732773259162396-588: The Faculty of Economics, new practical subjects were brought together ( veterinary medicine , forestry , and cameral sciences ), which the university was supposed to make "expedient" and "profitable". (One of the earliest courses of study in forestry in Europe.) After finishing studies in this Faculty, a number of these youths were able to gain recognition in the Faculties of Medicine and Philosophy. They established
429-707: The Roman Catholic Church Karl Strecker (1884–1973), German general Karl Strecker (engineer) [ de ] (1858-1934), German electrical engineer specializing in telegraphy Karl Strecker (philologist) [ de ] (1861-1945), German philologist specializing in Medieval Latin Ludwig Strecker (1853–1943), owner of London music publisher Schott and Co., Limited Ludwig Strecker Jr. (1883–1978), music publisher and librettist Tania Strecker , Danish model and television presenter in
462-598: The Rutherford atomic model 's creator, studied in Giessen. Alumnus William Schlich founded Oxford University 's forestry program. Ruth Kajander was a psychiatrist who pioneered use of chlorpromazine as a treatment for schizophrenia. Carl A. Schenck , who received his PhD in forestry from Giessen, founded the Biltmore Forest School , the first such school in the United States. Fitsum Assefa
495-542: The UK Other uses [ edit ] Strecker amino acid synthesis , synthesize an amino acid from an aldehyde or ketone Strecker degradation , converts an α-amino acid into an aldehyde by an imine intermediate Strecker's chorus frog , a species of nocturnal tree frog native to the south central United States See also [ edit ] Strick Stricker Strack Struck Strucker [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
528-698: The Veterinary Faculty. Recent alumni in the area of politics include current President of Germany and former Vice Chancellor and Minister for Foreign Affairs Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Brigitte Zypries , current Federal Minister of Economic Affairs and Energy and former Federal Minister of Justice. Notable alumni of the university include organic chemist August Kekulé , X-ray physicist Simone Techert , health sociologist Thomas Abel , romantic dramatist and revolutionary Georg Büchner , literary and political historian Georg Gottfried Gervinus and botanist Johann Jacob Dillenius . Ernest Rutherford ,
561-552: The disease while nursing his sick friend. The Corps buried both students after a torch-lit funeral procession. According to the 2024 QS World University Rankings , the university was placed 396th globally and 22nd nationally. In the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings for 2023, it fell within the 351–400 bracket internationally and ranked between 34th and 36th at the national level. The 2023 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) placed
594-460: The first time included in the student body were women, who since 1900 were admitted as guest students and starting in 1908 were admitted for regular study. After the different Hessian states were (re-)united in 1929, both universities became public universities of that German state. The University of Giessen now has almost 23,000 students and 8,500 employees, which together with the Giessen students of Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen , makes Giessen
627-402: The first time. In the years 2019 to 2021 the student number was about 28,300, with a decrease to 27,400 students in the winter term 2021/2022 (probably due to COVID restrictions). Although the university has no defined campus, buildings and facilities are grouped together according to their subject areas and situated in various locations around Giessen. Philosophikum II, for example is an area on
660-504: The founder of modern agricultural chemistry and inventor of artificial fertiliser. It covers the areas of arts/humanities, business, dentistry, economics, law, medicine, science, social sciences and veterinary medicine. Its university hospital , which has two sites, Giessen and Marburg (the latter of which is the teaching hospital of the University of Marburg ), is the only private university hospital in Germany. The University of Giessen
693-402: The four common faculties (theology, law, medicine, and philosophy). The instruction was reasonable, with about 20 to 25 professors teaching several hundred students, the latter of which were mostly "Landeskinder". In the 18th century came gradual modernization of the curricula and reforms in the instruction, which were definitively influenced by the local lordly court in Darmstadt. The example for
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#1732773259162726-511: The higher Gewerbeschule. After receiving his abitur in 1840, Strecker began studying science at the University of Giessen , where Justus Liebig was a professor. In August 1842, Strecker received his PhD and began teaching at a realschule in Darmstadt. He refused one offer to work for Liebig, but in 1846 he accepted another and became Liebig's private assistant at the University of Giessen. Strecker finished his habilitation in 1848 and became
759-417: The institution in the 601–700 range globally, and between 37th and 40th nationally. Next to Liebig, famous professors at the university included the physician Georg Haas (who carried out the world's first human hemodialysis in Giessen in 1924), the theologian Adolf von Harnack , the lawyer Rudolf von Jhering , the economist and statistician Etienne Laspeyres , the physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen ,
792-465: The lawyer Rudolf von Jhering , the theologian Adolf von Harnack , the mathematician Moritz Pasch and the physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen . At the turn of the 20th century, the Ludoviciana began to expand into a modern university. During this period, new clinics in human and veterinary medicine were established, and the university library received its first proper building. With the creation of
825-476: The mathematicians Moritz Pasch and Alfred Clebsch , the gestalt psychologist Kurt Koffka , the philologist and archaeologist Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker , the orientalists Friedrich Schwally , Paul E. Kahle and Eberhard Schrader , and the president of Hebrew University of Jerusalem Benjamin Mazar . From 1901 to 1918 Hermann Friedrich Gmeiner was the first Professor for veterinary internal medicine at
858-462: The most student-dominated German city. In December 2019 the university shut down all of its IT-servers after a "serious IT security incident". Hess State Prosecution Office investigated the case of a suspected hacker-attack. Following is the growth in the student population of University of Giessen In the 2014/2015 winter semester the student population exceeded the mark of more than a total of 28,000 students and 7,000 first-semester students for
891-436: The outskirts of the city bordering the city forest. A number of faculty buildings and lecture theaters are located there, including Audimax, a building containing several lecture halls whose atrium is often the venue for concerts and disco nights, locally known as "Uni-Party". Two law students of University of Giessen, Karl Siegfrieden (4 June 1822 – 10 March 1840) and Karl von Müller (10 June 1799 – 10 March 1840), are buried in
924-520: The reforms were both of the "model universities of the Enlightenment", the University of Halle, founded in 1694, and more still Georgia Augusta, founded in Göttingen in 1734/37. Indeed, all attempts at reform were from the start limited by the limited finances of Hesse-Darmstadt. The noteworthy creation of a Faculty of Economics (1777–1785) was ultimately born out of this financial hardship. In
957-505: The revolutionary spirit of this decade. With the appointment of the 21-year-old Justus von Liebig in 1824 through the Grand Duchy—against the will of the university on the recommendation of Alexander von Humboldt —a new era in the natural sciences began, not only in Giessen. Young, promising scientists created a new impulse in their respective areas of knowledge; among these scientists were the antiquarian Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker ,
990-547: The university got its original name "Ludoviciana", founded his own institution of higher education in Giessen, which as a Lutheran institution had the primary function of ensuring the education of pastors and civil servants. Endowed with a charter issued by Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor , on 19 May 1607, the university was allowed to proceed with instruction in October 1607. During the Thirty Years' War , when Hesse-Darmstadt
1023-433: The university's central building (inaugurated 1880) and the adjacent newly constructed facilities for chemistry and physics a new cultural centre was established on what was then the border of the city. The decisive backer of this project was the last Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig, to whom the university bestowed out of thankfulness the honorary title of "Rector Magnificentissimus". In 1902 the student body surpassed one thousand. For
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1056-512: The unusually diverse course offerings that continue to exist to the modern day at the University of Giessen. The University of Giessen weathered the transition from the 18th to the 19th century unscathed and was still the only university of an enlarged territory, the Grand Duchy of Hesse . Alongside Jena, Giessen was the prototype for the politicized Vormärz university, and the "Giessener Schwarzen" with Karl Follen and Georg Büchner , marked
1089-457: Was able to take the area around Marburg for itself, the University of Giessen ceased instruction and was moved back to its more long-standing location in Marburg (1624/25). The Peace of Westphalia led to the restoration of the old location and in 1650 to the relocation of the university to Giessen. In the 17th and 18th centuries the Ludoviciana was a typical small state university that then had
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