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Friedrich Wöhler (German:) FRS(For) HonFRSE (31 July 1800 – 23 September 1882) was a German chemist known for his work in both organic and inorganic chemistry, being the first to isolate the chemical elements beryllium and yttrium in pure metallic form.
Justus Freiherr von Liebig [a] (12 May 1803 – 20 April 1873) [2] was a German scientist who made major contributions to the theory, practice, and pedagogy of chemistry, as well as to agricultural and biological chemistry; he is considered one of the principal founders of organic chemistry. [3]
The following is a list of people who are considered a "father" or "mother" (or "founding father" or "founding mother") of a scientific field.Such people are generally regarded to have made the first significant contributions to and/or delineation of that field; they may also be seen as "a" rather than "the" father or mother of the field.
Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (/ l ə ˈ v w ɑː z i eɪ / lə-VWAH-zee-ay; [1] [2] [3] French: [ɑ̃twan lɔʁɑ̃ də lavwazje]; 26 August 1743 – 8 May 1794), [4] also Antoine Lavoisier after the French Revolution, was a French nobleman and chemist who was central to the 18th-century chemical revolution and who had a large influence on both the history of chemistry and the history of biology.
Madeleine M. Joullié (born 1927), French-American-Brazilian organic chemist and first woman to have an American tenure track position in organic chemistry; Percy Lavon Julian (1899–1975), African American organic chemist who was a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants.
Henry Gilman ForMemRS [1] (May 9, 1893 – November 7, 1986) was an American organic chemist known as the father of organometallic chemistry. He discovered the Gilman reagent, which bears his name. [2]
Organic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the scientific study of the structure, properties, and reactions of organic compounds and organic materials, i.e., matter in its various forms that contain carbon atoms. [1]
Benfey, O. Theodor. "August Kekule and the Birth of the Structural Theory of Organic Chemistry in 1858." Journal of Chemical Education. Volume 35, No. 1, January 1958. p. 21–23. – Includes an English translation of Kekule's 1890 speech in which he spoke about his development of structure theory and benzene theory.