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Friedrich Wöhler

German chemist
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Category: Science & Tech
Born:
July 31, 1800, Eschersheim, near Frankfurt am Main [Germany]
Died:
Sept. 23, 1882, Göttingen, Ger. (aged 82)
Awards And Honors:
Copley Medal (1872)
Subjects Of Study:
aluminum
chemical synthesis
organic compound
urea
process metallurgy
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Friedrich Wöhler (born July 31, 1800, Eschersheim, near Frankfurt am Main [Germany]—died Sept. 23, 1882, Göttingen, Ger.) German chemist who was one of the finest and most prolific of the 19th century. Wöhler, the son of an agronomist and veterinarian, attended the University of Marburg and then the University of Heidelberg, from which he received a medical degree with a specialty in obstetrics (1823). However, his passion always was chemistry. The eminent professor of chemistry at Heidelberg, Leopold Gmelin, judged Wöhler to be already too advanced to profit from his courses, so he sent him to study with the world-famous ...(100 of 1004 words)

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