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Wöhler, Friedrich
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From: A Dictionary of Scientists
Date: 19990101
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Wöhler, Friedrich
(1800–1882) German chemist Wöhler, who was born at Eschersheim near Frankfurt, acquired from his father, the master of horse of the crown prince of Hesse-Cassel, an interest in mineralogy – he actually met the aged poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, another devotee, in the shop of a Frankfurt mineral dealer. He began training as a physician at Marburg and Heidelberg but was persuaded by Leopold Gmelin to change to chemistry. After a year in Sweden with Jöns Jacob Berzelius he taught chemistry in Berlin and Cassel before his ...Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.
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