Alexander Eibner
{{Short description|German painter, and chemist (1862–1935)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Alexander Eibner
| birth_name = Alexander Paul Friedrich Eibner
| birth_date = September 11, 1862
| birth_place = Munich, German Empire (now Germany)
| death_date = May 1, 1935
| death_place = Munich, Germany
| burial_place = Alter Südfriedhof
| education = Technical University of Munich (PhD)
| occupation = Painter, chemist, educator
| spouse = Martha Rosenberger (m. 1906–)
| father = Friedrich Eibner
}}
Alexander Paul Friedrich Eibner (1862–1935), was a German chemist, painter, and educator.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CZNNAQAAIAAJ |title=World Who's Who in Science: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Scientists from Antiquity to the Present |date=1968 |publisher=Marquis-Who's Who, Incorporated. |pages=513 |language=en |via=Google Books}} He was known for his technical painting techniques.
Early life and education
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Alexander Eibner, was born on September 11, 1862, in Munich.{{Cite web |last=Roßmann |first=Ernst |date=1959 |title=Eibner, Alexander from Neue Deutsche Biographie 4 |url=https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/gnd130813508.html#ndbcontent |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=Deutsche Biographie |page=367 |language=de}} He was the son of Luise Weissenberger, and painter Friedrich Eibner. Eibner studied chemistry at the Technical University of Munich, under Wilhelm von Miller and he obtained a doctorate degree in 1892.
Career
By 1894, he qualified as a professor, and began researching aromaticity in organic chemistry. He studied the bleaching of pigment of Prussian Blue using zinc oxide.{{Cite book |last1=Morajkar |first1=Pranay Pradeep |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qC2gEAAAQBAJ&dq=Alexander+Eibner&pg=PA8 |title=Advances in Nano and Biochemistry: Environmental and Biomedical Applications |last2=Naik |first2=Milind Mohan |date=2023-05-23 |publisher=Elsevier |isbn=978-0-323-95254-5 |pages=8 |language=en |via=Google Books}}{{Cite book |last1=Dave |first1=Sushma |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zqQbEAAAQBAJ&dq=Alexander+Eibner&pg=PA310 |title=Photocatalytic Degradation of Dyes: Current Trends and Future Perspectives |last2=Das |first2=Jayashankar |last3=Shah |first3=Maulin P. |date=2021-08-09 |publisher=Elsevier |isbn=978-0-12-824202-5 |pages=310 |language=en |via=Google Books}} Through that research he introduced the concept of photocatalysis in 1911.{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=N. B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YzOXEAAAQBAJ&dq=Alexander+Eibner&pg=PA284 |title=Nanocomposites |date=2022-12-22 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-000-63665-9 |pages=284 |language=en |via=Google Books}}
In 1903, Eibner became assistant to chemist {{III|Gustav Schultz|de|Gustav Schultz}} at the newly founded Research Institute and Information Center for Painting Techniques, promoting the scientific study of the nature and the properties of painting materials. Starting in 1907, Eibner lead the Research Institute and Information Center for Painting Techniques, which closed after his death.{{Cite book |last1=Casadio |first1=Francesca |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N3uODwAAQBAJ&pg=PA4 |title=Metal Soaps in Art: Conservation and Research |last2=Keune |first2=Katrien |last3=Noble |first3=Petria |last4=Loon |first4=Annelies Van |last5=Hendriks |first5=Ella |last6=Centeno |first6=Silvia A. |last7=Osmond |first7=Gillian |date=2019-03-23 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-319-90617-1 |pages=4 |language=en}}
He died on May 1, 1935, in Munich. He is buried at Alter Südfriedhof cemetery, near his father.
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Category:19th-century German chemists
Category:19th-century German painters
Category:Academic staff of the Technical University of Munich
Category:German organic chemists