Education
He studied medicine and pharmacy at the University of Erfurt, and following graduation, worked as an assistant in the pharmacy of Johann Christian Wiegleb in Langensalza.
chemist pharmacist university professor
He studied medicine and pharmacy at the University of Erfurt, and following graduation, worked as an assistant in the pharmacy of Johann Christian Wiegleb in Langensalza.
He also made numerous contributions in the fields of industrial and agricultural chemistry. In 1786 he undertook a study trip to the Harz Mountains and the Erzgebirge, followed by visits to Göttingen, Halle, Leipzig and Freiberg, and in the process, made the acquaintance of several eminent scientists. In 1787 he moved to Berlin, where he conducted private lectures on chemistry, physics, technology and pharmacy.
In 1781 he was appointed professor of chemistry and pharmacy at the Collegium Medico-chirurgicum in Berlin.
In 1820 he became a professor of chemistry at the Allgemeinen Kriegsschule in Berlin. In 1828 the botanical genus Hermbstaedtia (family Amaranthaceae) was named in his honor.
Prussian Academy of Sciences. Academy of Useful Science. German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]
In 1808 he became a full member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences, and three years later was appointed professor of technological chemistry at the University of Berlin.