Quotes:Kopp, Hermann Franz Moritz

Zirkoff, Boris

Kopp, Hermann Franz Moritz. German chemist, b. at Hanau, Oct. 30, 1817; d. at Heidelberg, Feb. 20, 1892. Son of a physician and chemist. Studied at Marburg and Heidelberg; went to Giessen, 1839, and became a Privatdozent in 1841, and professor of chemistry, 1853. In 1864, he was called to Heidelberg in the same capacity. Devoted himself primarily to physico-chemical inquiries. A prolific writer, he outlined his future volumes at the age of twenty-two. Works: *Geschichte der Chemie (Braunschweig, 1843-47, in four vols.).— Alchemy in Ancient and Modern Times (1866).—Assisted Liebig in editing the Annalen der Chemie and the Jahresbericht.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 11, p. 580