Prague, educational establishments

In the second half of the nineteenth century chemical education was modernized under the influence of Justus von Liebig. Josef Redtenbacher in Prague and Vienna and Anton Schrotter in Graz and Vienna introduced in Austria Liebig s modern method of chemical education based on the laboratory work of all students. New chairs of chemistry were installed at universities and polytechnic institutes after the revolution of 1848. The organization of studies was reformed between 1849 and 1870. A third line of chemical education at a secondary level was established by the foundation of Gewerbeschulen (technical secondary schools for chemistry). 

The main concern of the society was the professional recognition and the status of Austrian chemists. Other goals of the association were to further chemistry and chemists in all areas of science and economy, and to sustain research and education in Austria. Any political influence should be excluded from the activity of the association. VOCH supported its members by arranging positions for chemists free of charge. A commission for that was established in 1897, as mentioned previously. The nine members of that commission came from Bmo (Bruim), Prague, Vieima and Graz. " Fifteen to twenty jobs were offered each year with the help of VOCH. Efforts to establish a legal title for... 

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