Friedrich Wöhler
1800–82
German chemist. Studied medicine at Marburg and Heidelberg; MD, Heidelberg, 1823. Studied quantitative mineral analysis in Stockholm with Jöns Jacob Berzelius, 1824. Instructor, Berlin Gewerbeschule, 1825; Kassel, Technische Hochschule, 1831. Professor of chemistry and pharmacy, Göttingen, 1836. Known for isolating several elements, including aluminum, and for his synthesising of urea, and discovery with Justus Liebig of the benzoyl radical.
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ADB
Bibliography
ADB: Allgemeine deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Royal Academy of Sciences. 56 vols. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. 1875–1912.
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