Background
Stöckhardt was born in Röhrsdorf near Meißen on 4 January 1809 as son of a preacher.
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Julius Stockhardt
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He was apprentice in a pharmacy from 1824 to 1828, studied at the University of Berlin, and obtained his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Leipzig in 1837.
Career
He is mostly recognized for his work on fertilizers, fume damage of plants and his book Die Schule der Chemie (School of Chemistry), which was translated into 14 languages. His 500 lectures and over 500 publications helped to establish agricultural chemistry in Germany. He worked at a mineral water factory from 1835 till he received a position at the Königlichen Gewerbeschule in Chemnitz (Royal Saxon Industrial School) in 1838.
From 1847 to 1883, Stöckhardt worked at the Königliche Forstakademie (Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry) in Tharandt, where a building was named after him.
In 1866, he was elected Fellow of the Leopoldina. He died in Tharandt on 1 June 1886 three years after he retired from the Forstakademie.
Membership
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina]
In 1846 he became a member of Dresden"s scientific society ISIS, led by Ludwig Reichenbach.
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Germany