Johann Heinrich Kopp
Johann Heinrich Kopp (17 September 1777 in Hanau – 28 November 1858 in Hanau) was a German physician and natural scientist. He was the father of chemist Hermann Franz Moritz Kopp (1817–1892).
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He studied medicine at the universities of Rinteln, Marburg and Jena, obtaining his habilitation in 1801. He briefly worked as a doctor in Rödelheim, then settled as a physician in his hometown of Hanau. From 1807 he served as a professor of chemistry, physics and natural history at the lyceum in Hanau. In 1813 he was appointed a medical officer and in 1815 attained the title of Hofrat (councilor). Later on, he became a personal physician to the Elector of Hesse.[1] In 1808 he was a founding member of the Wetterauische Gesellschaft, serving as its director in 1826/28.[2][3]
He was the author of writings on various medical subjects; the best regarded were his work in the field of forensic medicine.[1] In 1808 he provided an early description of bieberite, a mineral he referred to as "kobaltvitriol".[4]
Selected works
- Dissertatio inauguralis medica sistens tentamen de causis combustionis spontaneae in corpore humano factae, 1800 (dissertation thesis, Jena).
- Grundriß der chemischen Analyse mineralischer Körper, 1805 – Outline of chemical analysis involving the mineral body.
- Systematisch-tabellarische Uebersicht und Charakteristik der Mineralkörper in oryktognostischer und orologischer Hinsicht, 1806 (with Karl Cäsar von Leonhard; Karl Friedrich Merz) – Systematic tabular overview and characteristics of the mineral body in regards to mineralogy and orology.
- Mineralogische synonymik, 1810 – Mineralogical synonymy.
- Ausführliche Darstellung und Untersuchung der Selbstverbrennungen des menschlichen Körpers in gerichtlich-medizinischer und pathologischer, 1811 – Elaboration and investigation of self-immolation of the human body in forensics and pathology.
- Denkwürdigkeiten in der ärztlichen Praxis (5 volumes 1830–44) – Memoirs of the medical practice.[5]
References
- ADB:Kopp, Johann Heinrich In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 16, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, S. 682 f.
- Wetterauische Gesellschaft Kulturforum Hanau
- Kopp, Johann Heinrich Hessian Biography
- Bieberite Mindat.org
- Most widely held works by Johann Heinrich Kopp WorldCat Identities