Sigismund Friedrich Hermbstädt

In 1787 he moved to Berlin, where he conducted private lectures on chemistry, physics, technology and pharmacy.

In 1781 he was appointed professor of chemistry and pharmacy at the Collegium Medico-chirurgicum in Berlin.

[1] In 1808 he became a full member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences, and three years later was appointed professor of technological chemistry at the University of Berlin.

[2] In 1828 the botanical genus Hermbstaedtia (family Amaranthaceae) was named in his honor.

He was also the author of numerous treatises on various subjects associated with agriculture and industry, such as: producing sugar from beets; the manufacture of soft and hard soap; the chemical principles of beer brewing; the cultivation of tobacco and the preparation and processing of flax and hemp.