Famous hungarian chemists and pharmacists – modern chemistry founders. Part I. 1.2. Lajos Winkler

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Abstract Pharmacist Winkler Lajos, PhD (1863-1939, born in Arad), professor at the University of Sciences from Budapest and member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, is considered the founder of modern analytical chemistry and drug analysis in Hungary. He has developed and perfected a series of methods of volumetric and gravimetric analysis. Its original method, developed in 1888 for the determination of dissolved oxygen in water, is still used today. Winkler Lajos also played an important role in the development of pharmaceutical education in Hungary