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This is a list of German chemists. A. Georgius Agricola Kurt Alder. Richard Abegg; Friedrich Accum; Franz Karl Achard; Georgius Agricola; Reinhart Ahlrichs; Albertus ...
Rudolf Christian Böttger (28 April 1806 – 29 April 1881) was a German inorganic chemist. He conducted most of his research at the University of Frankfurt am Main.He is credited with discovery of nitrocellulose in 1846, independently to Schönbein, and with the synthesis of the first organocopper compound copper(I) acetylide Cu 2 C 2 in 1859.
Arthur Eichengrün (13 August 1867 – 23 December 1949) was a German Jewish chemist, materials scientist, and inventor. He is known for developing the highly successful anti-gonorrhea drug Protargol, the standard treatment for 50 years until the adoption of antibiotics, and for his pioneering contributions in plastics: co-developing (with Theodore Becker) the first soluble cellulose acetate ...
German chemist (1907 Nobel Prize) German Empire: 1860-05-20 1917-08-13 Munich: Focșani: Q43917: Frederick Hopkins: English biochemist United Kingdom: 1861-06-20 1947-05-16 Eastbourne: Cambridge: Q233976: Julius Pohl: German biochemist and pharmacologist (1861-1942) German Reich: 1861-11-01 1942-09-27 Prague: Eimsbüttel: Q1712891: Arthur ...
Friedrich Accum (1769–1838), German chemist, advances in the field of gas lighting; Homer Burton Adkins (1892–1949), American chemist, known for work in hydrogenation of organic compounds; Peter Agre (born 1949), American chemist and doctor, 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Georgius Agricola (1494–1555), German scholar known as "the father ...
Pages in category "German organic chemists" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Kurt Alder;
Pages in category "German chemists" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
German-Swiss chemist Christian Friedrich Schönbein created the explosive substance nitrocellulose, or "guncotton", in 1846 by treating cotton fibers with a nitric acid and sulfuric acid mixture. However, guncotton proved to be too fast burning for direct use in firearms and artillery ammunition.