title: Carl Schmidt -- a chemical tourist in Victorian Britain.
abstract: Carl Schmidt is one of the founders of modern biochemistry. He wrote numerous scientific publications, and left future generations several important documents that included two extensive hand-written travel reports from 1857 and 1864. In these, Schmidt paints a lively and impressive picture of industry in Victorian Britain from a personal perspective, showing this key period of European economic history in a unique light. Thus, it is rewarding to follow Schmidt on his travels through Britain, which he regarded as the workshop of the world and a shining but unattainable example for the industrial development of his home country.
authors.affiliation: sross@t-online.de
authors.forename: R Stefan
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Ross
mesh_terms: D001671:Biochemistry / Q000266:history*; D002617:Chemical Industry / Q000266:history*; D005101:Expeditions / Q000266:history*; D019652:Extraction and Processing Industry / Q000266:history; D005197:Famous Persons; D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D006113:United Kingdom