death_place death_date birth_place birth_date prizes article_title name
prague austria-hungary 24 april 1886 frankfurt am main germany 2 february 1841 lieben prize -lrb- 1868 , 1874 -rrb- eduard linnemann
 eduard linnemann
eduard linnemann

eduard linnemann -lrb- 2 february 1841 -- 4 april 1886 -rrb- was a german chemist .
he studied chemistry at the university of heidelberg and at the university of karlsruhe .
after he received his ph.d. he worked with kekulé at the university of ghent and with leopold von pebal at the university of lemberg .
he was appointed professor at the university of lemberg in 1865 , changed to the university of brno from 1872 until 1875 and then became professor at the university of prague .
he held this position until his death in 1886 .
he is known for his investigations of mannitol and his analyses of zircon .
in 1886 , he proposed the name `` austrium '' for what he believed was a new chemical element .
