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Carl Schmidt

1822–94

Latvian-born chemist. Studied in Giessen with Justus von Leibig and acted as his assistant in 1844. Collaborated with Friedrich Bidder on studies of nutrition from 1847. Professor of chemistry at Dorpat (Tartu) University, 1851–91.

Source

Bing 1973, p. 640.

Bibliography

Bing, Franklin C. 1973. Friedrich Bidder (1810–1894) and Carl Schmidt (1822–1894): a biographical sketch. Journal of Nutrition 103: 637–48.

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