Eugen Franz von Gorup-Besanez
1817–78
Austrian chemist. Studied medicine in Vienna, Padua, Munich, and Bamberg, 1836–43. MD 1842. Privat-dozent, medical faculty, Erlangen, 1846; professor extraordinarius, organic chemistry, 1849. Professor of chemistry, philosophical faculty, University of Erlangen, 1855. Worked on the metabolic processes, the effect of enzymes in plants, and the influence of ozone on organic substances.
Sources
DBE
OBL s.v. Gorup von Besánez, Eugen Franz
Bibliography
DBE: Deutsche biographische Enzyklopädie. Edited by Walter Killy et al. 12 vols. in 14. Munich: K. G. Saur. 1995–2000.
OBL: Österreichisches biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950. Edited by Leo Santifaller et al. 15 vols. and 3 fascicles of vol. 16 (A–Zeman Antonín) to date. Vienna: Osterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 1957–.
