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Schrötter von Kristelli, Anton
© Copyright Anton Schrötter by Kristelli. Photo, 1870. Schrötter von Kristelli, Anton, b. Olomouc, Czech Republic (then Olmütz), Nov. 26, 1802, d. Vienna, April 15, 1875, chemist and mineralogist. From 1830 university professor in Graz, from 1843 in Vienna; 1851 general secretary of the Academy of Sciences, 1868 director of the Austrian Mint. Was the first to describe non-poisonous red phosphorus, thus created a new basis for the production of matches. S. v. K. was active as an organiser in both industry and science and also acted as adviser for the preparations of the Novara Expedition around the globe and the Austrian-Hungarian North Pole Expedition. Reminders of S. v. K.'s work today are, for example, the mineral schrötterite, the S.-Horn in the Ortler group in the Italian Alps, the S.-Joch saddle and a Cape S. on Franz Josef Land. Works: Über einen neuen allotropischen Zustand des Phosphors, 1849; Die Chemie in ihrem gegenwärtigen Zustande, 2 vols., 1847/1849. Literature: A. Bauer, A. v. S., 1917.
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