Hans Molisch
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Hans Molisch (6 December 1856, Brünn, Habsburg Moravia - 8 December 1937, Wien, Austria) was a Czech-Austrian botanist.
Molisch's test is named after him, it is a sensitive chemical test for the presence of carbohydrates.
He taught as a professor at the German University of Prague (1894-), Vienna University (1909-1928), Tohoku Imperial University (now Tohoku University, Japan; 1922-1925), and the Bose Institute in Kolkata India;1928-[1]
From 1931 to 1937 he acted as the vice-president of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
Hans Molisch expanded on Julius von Sachs's work by developing ´starch pictures´ in intact leaves by using actual photographic negatives as masks over the illuminated leaves.[2]
Literary works
- Die Pflanzen in ihren Beziehungen zum Eisen, 1892
- Leuchtende Pflanzen, 1904
- Die Purpurbakterien, 1907
- Die Eisenbakterien, 1910
- Mikrochemie der Pflanzen, 1913
- Pflanzenphysiologie, 1920
- Pflanzenphysiologie in Japan, 1926
- Im Lande der aufgehenden Sonne, 1927
References
- ^ http://resources.jcbose.ac.in:8080/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/2601/BI-ANR-PROGRESS%20REPORT-1928-29.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
- ^ Discoveries in Photosynthesis edited by Govindjee, J.T. Beatty, H. Gest, J.F. Allen
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Molisch.
External links
- Hans Molisch in the German National Library catalogue
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