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Leopold Pfaundler von Hadermur
1839–1920
An Austrian scientist of the late 19th century, he helped shape early physical chemistry while also moving easily through the worlds of physics, mountaineering, and public intellectual life. His work is remembered for linking careful experiment with big questions about heat, molecules, and chemical change.
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International Language and Science Considerations on the Introduction of an International Language into Science
by Leopold Pfaundler von Hadermur, Louis Couturat, Otto Jespersen, Richard Lorenz, Wilhelm Ostwald
About the author
Born in Innsbruck on February 14, 1839, Leopold Pfaundler von Hadermur was an Austrian physicist and chemist. He studied chemistry, physics, and mathematics at the University of Innsbruck, earned his doctorate there, and later continued his scientific development in Paris under Henri Victor Regnault.
Pfaundler taught at the University of Graz and became known for work that connected physics and chemistry at a time when those fields were rapidly changing. Reference biographies describe him as an important contributor to physical chemistry, and he also worked extensively as an editor and scholarly writer, including major work on later editions of the well-known Lehrbuch der Physik und Meteorologie of Müller-Pouillet.
He died in Graz on May 6, 1920. Beyond his scientific career, sources also note his interests outside the laboratory, including alpinism; his family was notable as well, with his son Meinhard von Pfaundler becoming a prominent pediatrician.