Carl Leverkus
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Carl Leverkus | |
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 Portrait of Carl Leverkus, painted in 1888 by Heinrich Johann Sinkel (1835-1908) | |
| Born | 5 November 1804 |
| Died | 4 February 1889 (aged 84) |
| Resting place | Wermelskirchen |
| Alma mater | University of Marburg The Sorbonne University of Giessen |
| Known for | city of Leverkusen named after him |
| Spouse | Juliane Auguste Küpper |
| Children | 11 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Thesis | Abhandlung über das Silber: Sein Vorkommen; seine Reinigung und Eigenschaften ("A treatise on silver: Its occurrence, purification, and properties") (1830) |
Carl Leverkus (5 November 1804 – 4 February 1889) was a German chemist and chemistry entrepreneur. The city of Leverkusen is named after him.
Leverkus started training as a pharmacist in 1822, and then studied at the University of Marburg. Following a stint as an assistant pharmacist in Trier, he went to Paris, where he worked at a pharmacy and studied chemistry at the Sorbonne in the evenings. In 1829, he took the apothecary examinations in Berlin. He earned his doctorate in 1830 from the University of Giessen with a dissertation on the chemistry of silver, which was reviewed by Justus von Liebig.
