Dragendorff

Dragendorff, Georg (1836-98), professor at the former University of Dorpat, a prominent figure in higher pharmaceutical education. Born in Germany, in Rostock, where he completed his pharmaceutical training from pharmacy apprentice to pharmacist (with a scientific degree). Dragendorff's first scientific work, "Ober Einwirkung des Phosphors auf einige kohlensaure u. borsaure Salze" (Rostock, 1861), earned him the title of Doctor of Philosophy. Dragendorff came to Russia at the invitation of the St. Petersburg Pharmaceutical Society to edit a pharmaceutical journal and manage a pharmaceutical laboratory, and two years later he took the chair of pharmacy at the University of Dorpat. Dragendorff expanded and significantly elevated the pharmaceutical institute he led, during his time releasing

approximately 400 scientific works. The most well-known works by Dragendorff are "Die gerichtlich-chemische Ermittelung von Giften in Nahrungsmitteln, Luftgemischen, Speiseresten, Korpertheilen" (St. Petersburg, 1888); "Die qualitative und quantitative Analyse von Pflanzen und Pflanzentheilen" (Gottingen, 1882); "Die Heilpl'lanzen der verschie-denen Volker und Zeiten" (Stuttgart, 1898). Dragendorff is the creator of methods for forensic chemical research. D. taught pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacognosy, forensic chemistry, chemistry of food substances, and history of pharmacy. Students flocked to him not only from all corners of Russia but also from London, Paris, Detroit, Stockholm, Copenhagen, and others, where already known specialists came to Dragendorff to improve their skills. D. was awarded the Hanbury gold medal and was elected an honorary member of almost all pharmaceutical societies. For a time, D. served as pro-rector of the university and dean of the medical faculty of the University of Yuryev. D. left Yuryev in 1894 due to the government's Russification policy and returned to Germany.