Alexander Tschirch

He received pharmacy training in Dresden and at the Berner Staatsapotheke (Bern state apothecary).

He was the author of twenty books and numerous journal articles; among his written works is "Die Harze und die Harzbehälter mit Einschluss der Milchsäfte", a highly regarded reference book on resins and other plant extracts.

He became corresponding member of the Société de Pharmacie of Paris in 1893, honorary member of the Swiss Parmaceutical Society in 1906, and was given an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Medicine of Berne and of the Federal Polytechnic Institute of Zurich.

A member of many scientific societies, he was also vice-president of the Commission de la Pharmacopée helvétique.

[1] In 1922 he published in the Journal suisse de Pharmacie a notice titled « Cinquante ans au service de la Pharmacie et des Sciences naturelles » and a list of his 450 publications, including over 100 of those regarding the chemistry of resins.

Alexander Tschirch (1926)
Resin extraction in France, from Tschirch's "Die Harze und die Harzbehälter mit Einschluss der Milchsäfte" (2nd edition 1906, page 557)