Jan or Johann Josef Loschmidt (
March 15 1821 -
July 8 1895) who referred to himself mostly as 'Josef' (omitting his first name), was a notable
Austrian scientist who performed groundbreaking work in
chemistry,
physics (
thermodynamics,
optics,
electrodynamics) and
crystal forms.Born of poor
Bohemian farming stock in Počerny (Putschirn), now part of
Karlovy Vary,
Czech Republic, Loschmidt became professor of
physical chemistry at the
University of Vienna in
1868. He had two early mentors. The first was a Bohemian priest, Adalbert Czech, who persuaded Loschmidt's parents to send young Josef to high school in the
Piarist monastery in
Schlackenwerth and, in 1837, to advanced high-school classes in
Prague.
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