New data on M.S. Tswett's life and work

M. S. Tswett's correspondence with John Briquet I. Review of Tswett's Ph.D. Thesis by Briquet, and Tswett's letters from simferopol

“…It had been well documented and discussed in a number of articles and books [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] and therefore, we only give a brief summary here as a background to the subsequent discussions. This is particularly true when dealing with people who were living in a time before telephone, fax or e-mail, when correspondence represented the main means of communication.…”

“…She was unable to save the whole bag and took from it only some photographs that later were included in the biographies written by Sakodynskii [3][4][5][6][7] and Senchenkova [8]. -the daughter of Tswett's halfsister, Nadezhda -"Uncle Misha" had a big bag full of his most cherished items, containing some letters, manuscripts, photographs and other material, which he carried with him from one place to the other, even after his forceful evacuation of Warsaw.…”

“…Simf~ropoC,6. jay z~96.You may weft he surprised when you retum from your trip, that you don't find the manuscript of this wretched Thesis.…”

“…These were John Briquet, his thesis advisor, Casimir de Condolle (1836-1918) whose library he used, Charles Soret (1854-1904: professor of mineralogy and experimental physics), Philippe-August Guye (1862-1922: professor of chemistry) and Dr A. Clapardde 5 (his friend and colleague at the university). His Certificat de Maturit~ (high school diploma) shows that he learned German and English in high school [6,7]. It is interesting to note that in the book about botanists in Geneva which Briquet compiled [21], Chodat is not included, although he was for a long time professor of botany at Geneva University.…”

An Excursion into the History of Chromatography: Mikhail Tswett, From Asti, Italy, to Tartu, Estonia

“…The birth appeared to have been difficult, and Maria died shortly after [7]. Little is known on the life of the mother [8].…”