Izaak Maurits Kolthoff, 1894-1993

A Biographical Memoir / Washington: The National Academy Press, 1999. — 23 p.: ill. — (Biographical Memoirs, volume 77).Professor Emeritus Izaak Maurits Kolthoff (1894–1993) was a world renowned analytical chemist, widely regarded as the father of modern analytical chemistry. He was the chief force in developing analytical chemistry as a modern science, as reflected by nearly 1000 scientific papers he has published, scores of textbooks he has authored, and a 30 — volume treatise on analytical chemistry. It was the originality, insight, and timeliness rather than the mere bulk of these publications that created an international reputation for Kolthoff. The significance his prodigious output of research papers, textbooks and reference books can be summarized by quoting J.J. Lingane: "Analytical chemistry has never been served by a more original mind, nor a more prolific pen, than Kolthoff’s." He is the inventor of iodometry, the originator of potentiometry and conductometry as analytical methods and the chief scholar in the fields of amperometry and electroanalytical chemistry.