August Wilhelm von Hofmann

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August Wilhelm von Hofmann was a prominent 19th-century German chemist known for his pioneering work in organic chemistry, especially on aniline dyes and amines, and for his influential role as a teacher and organizer of chemical research.

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instanceOf German person
chemist
human
awardReceived Copley Medal
Davy Medal NERFINISHED
Order of Merit for Science and Art (Prussia) NERFINISHED
Royal Medal
birthDate 1818-04-08
birthPlace Giessen NERFINISHED
Grand Duchy of Hesse NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Germany
dateOfBurial 1892-05-09
deathDate 1892-05-05
doctoralAdvisor Justus von Liebig NERFINISHED
educatedAt University of Giessen NERFINISHED
employer Royal College of Chemistry, London NERFINISHED
University of Berlin NERFINISHED
familyName Hofmann NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork chemistry
organic chemistry
givenName August NERFINISHED
honorificPartOfName von
influenced development of the synthetic dye industry
organization of chemical research laboratories
knownFor Hofmann degradation of quaternary ammonium salts NERFINISHED
Hofmann elimination NERFINISHED
Hofmann rearrangement NERFINISHED
Hofmann voltameter NERFINISHED
development of synthetic dyes
research on amines
research on aniline and aniline dyes
systematic study of coal-tar derivatives
languageOfWorkOrName German
memberOf Chemical Society of London NERFINISHED
German Chemical Society NERFINISHED
Prussian Academy of Sciences
Royal Society
name August Wilhelm von Hofmann NERFINISHED
notableStudent Adolf von Baeyer NERFINISHED
Carl Graebe NERFINISHED
Carl Liebermann NERFINISHED
Charles Mansfield NERFINISHED
William Henry Perkin NERFINISHED
placeOfBurial Berlin NERFINISHED
positionHeld director of the Royal College of Chemistry, London
president of the Chemical Society of London
president of the German Chemical Society
professor of chemistry at the University of Berlin
workLocation Berlin NERFINISHED
London, England
surface form: London

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William Henry Perkin studentOf August Wilhelm von Hofmann
Royal College of Chemistry notableTeacher August Wilhelm von Hofmann