Karl Wilhelm Gottlob Kastner

Who was Karl Wilhelm Gottlob Kastner?

Karl Wilhelm Gottlob Kastner was a German chemist, natural scientist and a professor of physics and chemistry.

Kastner received his doctorate in 1805 under the guidance of and began lecturing at the . He moved on to the and became professor at the in 1812. In 1818 he relocated to the . Again he moved on

Karl Wilhelm Gottlob Kastner was born in Greifenberg in Pommern as the son of Johann Friedrich Gottlob Kastner, who was teacher and headmaster at the school of Greifenberg and a Protestant pastor. After his father had been displaced to Swinemünde, Kastner started his vocational education at a pharmacy in 1798. Three years later, he travelled to Berlin, to work as assistant of a pharmacist and to visit lectures at the University of Berlin. In 1802 Kastner became an assistant of professor Bourgnet’s lectures of experimental physics and experimental chemistry. In 1804 he began studying natural sciences at the University of Jena. During his studies he already lectured chemistry. Kastner received his doctorate in 1805 under the guidance of Johann Göttling and began lecturing at the University of Jena.