text: Hieronymus Theodor Richter (21 November 1824 – 25 September 1898) was a German chemist.
  He was born in Dresden. In 1863, while working at the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, he co-discovered indium with Ferdinand Reich. He was also a member of the student fraternity "Corps Saxo-Borussia Freiberg". In 1875, he became the director of the Mining Academy in Freiberg.
  He died September 25, 1898, in Freiberg, Saxony, at the age of 73.