Wislicenus

Wislicenus, JOHANNES, chemist, born near Querfurt in Prussian Saxony, 24th June 1835, taught chemistry at Cambridge (U.S.), New York, Zurich, and Würzburg, and in 1885 went to Leipzig as professor. He has done important work in connection with the Atomic Theory, Alcohols, Acids, &c., and has edited a handbook of chemistry (1874-77).