Friedrich (Federico) Schickendantz, German-born Argentine chemist and naturalist (Landau, Rhineland-Palatinate State 15 January 1837 – Buenos Aires 04 April 1896)

ACHIEVEMENTS

Described genus Burmeisterellus 1868 in Coleoptera

Developed new procedures in mineral processing in order to obtain higher yields

Proposed diffusion method

Developed Schickendantz method for separating gold from copper

Extracted alkaloids from many plant species

Developed methods for separating alkaloids berberine and oxyacanthine

Discovered alkaloid aspidospermine or quebrachine independently of German chemists Fraude & Hesse (1878)

Introduced use of sulphurous acid for sugars purification

Invented a procedure for desiccating sugar under calcium trissulfite  

New procedures for sugar cane exploitation

Performed oenological studies in Estudios enológicos An. Soc. Cient. Arg. 23:5, 1887 & 24:133, 1887

Discovered a new sodium-potassium-calcium sulfate  

Un nuevo sulfato de sódio, potássio y cálcio. Bol. Acad. Nac. Cien Cordoba 3:85-7, 1879. 

HONORS

Schickendantziella Spegazzini 1903 (Liliaceae)