Chemist to His Majesty the Sultan: Engineer Chemist Dr. Phil. Kyriakos Leonidas Syngros (1869-1955)

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Chemist to His Majesty the Sultan: Engineer Chemist Dr. Phil. Kyriakos Leonidas Syngros (1869-1955)

Yazarlar:

Emre Dölen

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Genel Türk Tarihi (Diğer)

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Osmanlı Bilimi Araştırmaları Vol.24 Issue 2, pp.673-721

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Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2023

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Türkçe

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2001298027

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1303-3123

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 Kyriakos Leonidas Syngros 1869-1955 is the fourth person to have obtained a doctorate degree in chemistry in Ottoman Türkiye. He was born in Istanbul in 1869 to a family originally from Chios. He graduated from the Eidgenössischen Polytechnikum Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich as an engineer in chemistry and earned his PhD from the University of Zurich in 1892 with a doctoral dissertation on the complex compounds hydroxylamine makes with various metals. His supervisor was Prof. Dr. Heinrich Jacob Goldschmidt. Syngros returned to Istanbul, where he worked in the chemical analysis laboratory of Pierre Apéry 1852-1918. In 1896, he was appointed Chemist to the Imperial Palace by Sultan Abdul Hamid II and established his own chemical analysis laboratory. In 1908, he was dismissed from his position in the Palace. He was among the founders of the Arslan Ottoman Joint Stock Company, which had been established in 1910 to produce cement and water lime. He ran a pharmaceutical warehouse in Beyoğlu in the early 1900s alongside a partner. In 1922, Syngros left Türkiye and settled in Athens. He worked in various public and private companies, one of these being the Greek Chemical Products and Fertilizer Industry Joint Stock Company. He went on to become the vice-president of the Association of Greek Chemists. He retired in 1945 and passed away in Athens on October 23, 1955. This article aims to present his biography with a particular focus on his doctoral thesis and activities as a chemist.

 Kyriakos Leonidas Syngros 1869-1955 is the fourth person to have obtained a doctorate degree in chemistry in Ottoman Türkiye. He was born in Istanbul in 1869 to a family originally from Chios. He graduated from the Eidgenössischen Polytechnikum Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich as an engineer in chemistry and earned his PhD from the University of Zurich in 1892 with a doctoral dissertation on the complex compounds hydroxylamine makes with various metals. His supervisor was Prof. Dr. Heinrich Jacob Goldschmidt. Syngros returned to Istanbul, where he worked in the chemical analysis laboratory of Pierre Apéry 1852-1918. In 1896, he was appointed Chemist to the Imperial Palace by Sultan Abdul Hamid II and established his own chemical analysis laboratory. In 1908, he was dismissed from his position in the Palace. He was among the founders of the Arslan Ottoman Joint Stock Company, which had been established in 1910 to produce cement and water lime. He ran a pharmaceutical warehouse in Beyoğlu in the early 1900s alongside a partner. In 1922, Syngros left Türkiye and settled in Athens. He worked in various public and private companies, one of these being the Greek Chemical Products and Fertilizer Industry Joint Stock Company. He went on to become the vice-president of the Association of Greek Chemists. He retired in 1945 and passed away in Athens on October 23, 1955. This article aims to present his biography with a particular focus on his doctoral thesis and activities as a chemist.

 Kyriakos Leonidas Syngros 1869-1955 is the fourth person to have obtained a doctorate degree in chemistry in Ottoman Türkiye. He was born in Istanbul in 1869 to a family originally from Chios. He graduated from the Eidgenössischen Polytechnikum Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich as an engineer in chemistry and earned his PhD from the University of Zurich in 1892 with a doctoral dissertation on the complex compounds hydroxylamine makes with various metals. His supervisor was Prof. Dr. Heinrich Jacob Goldschmidt. Syngros returned to Istanbul, where he worked in the chemical analysis laboratory of Pierre Apéry 1852-1918. In 1896, he was appointed Chemist to the Imperial Palace by Sultan Abdul Hamid II and established his own chemical analysis laboratory. In 1908, he was dismissed from his position in the Palace. He was among the founders of the Arslan Ottoman Joint Stock Company, which had been established in 1910 to produce cement and water lime. He ran a pharmaceutical warehouse in Beyoğlu in the early 1900s alongside a partner. In 1922, Syngros left Türkiye and settled in Athens. He worked in various public and private companies, one of these being the Greek Chemical Products and Fertilizer Industry Joint Stock Company. He went on to become the vice-president of the Association of Greek Chemists. He retired in 1945 and passed away in Athens on October 23, 1955. This article aims to present his biography with a particular focus on his doctoral thesis and activities as a chemist.

 Kyriakos Leonidas Syngros 1869  1955 Osmanlı Türkiyesinde kimya alanında doktora yapmış olan dördüncü kişidir. Sakız Adası kökenli bir ailenin çocuğu olarak 1869da İstanbulda doğdu. İlk ve orta öğrenimini İstanbulda tamamladıktan sonra 1888de girdiği Zürihdeki Eidgenössischen Polytechnikum Federal Politeknik Okulundan 1891de mühendis kimyager olarak mezun oldu ve hemen ardından Prof. Dr. Heinrich Jacob Goldschmidtin yönetiminde hazırladığı doktora tezi ile 1892de Zürih Üniversitesinden Dr.Phil derecesini aldı. Doktora tezi o zaman yeni bulunması nedeniyle güncel olan hidroksilaminin çeşitli metaller ile oluşturduğu kompleks bileşikler üzerinedir. İstanbula dönünce Pierre Apérynin 1852  1918 kimyasal analiz laboratuvarında çalışmaya başladı. 1896 yılı başında II. Abdülhamid tarafından Kimyager-i Hazret-i Şehriyârî Saray Kimyageri olarak atandı ve bunun üzerine kendi özel kimyasal analiz laboratuvarını kurdu. 1908de Saray Kimyagerliği görevine son verildi. 1910da Çimento ve su kireci üretmek üzere kurulan Arslan Osmanlı Anonim Şirketinin kurucuları arasında yer aldı. Bir ortağı ile birlikte 1900lerin başlarında Beyoğlunda bir ecza deposunu işletti. 1922de Türkiyeden ayrılarak Atinaya yerleşti. Yunan Kimyasal Ürünler ve Gübre Sanayi Anonim Şirketinin fabrikasında çalıştı. Yunan Kimyagerler Birliğinin kurulmasına öncülük etti, 1925te başkan yardımcısı oldu. Syngros 1930dan sonra çeşitli resmi ve özel kuruluşlarda kimyager olarak çalışarak 1945de emekliye ayrıldı ve 23 Ekim 1955de Atinada öldü. Bu makalede Kyriakos Syngrosun yaşamı, doktora tezi ve faaliyetleri eldeki belgelerin ışığında aydınlatılmaya çalışılmıştır.

Makale detayları

Chemist to His Majesty the Sultan: Engineer Chemist Dr. Phil. Kyriakos Leonidas Syngros (1869-1955)

Yazarlar:

Emre Dölen

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Genel Türk Tarihi (Diğer)

Dergi:

Osmanlı Bilimi Araştırmaları Vol.24 Issue 2, pp.673-721

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001298027

pISSN:

1303-3123

Kyriakos Syngros

Chemistry Doctorates

Chemical Laboratories

Oseb Celalyan

Aslan Cement Factory

Pharmaceutical WarehouseKyriakos Syngros

Kimya Doktoraları

Kimya Laboratuvarları

Oseb Celâlyan

Aslan Çimento Fabrikası

Ecza Depoculuğu

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Yazarlar: Emre Dölen

Yayıncı: Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar: Genel Türk Tarihi (Diğer)

Dergi: Osmanlı Bilimi Araştırmaları Vol.24 Issue 2, pp.673-721

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 6/2023

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001298027

pISSN: 1303-3123

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Yazarlar:

Emre Dölen

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Genel Türk Tarihi (Diğer)

Dergi:

Osmanlı Bilimi Araştırmaları Vol.24 Issue 2, pp.673-721

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001298027

pISSN:

1303-3123