Baeyer, Adolf Ritter von |
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BORN 31 Oct 1835, Berlin - DIED 20 Aug 1917, Starnberg, Bayern BIRTH NAME Baeyer, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf GRAVE LOCATION München, Bayern: Waldfriedhof (013-4-18) |
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Adolf Baeyer was the son of the officer Johann Jacob Baeyer (1794-1885). His mother Eugenie Hitzig was a daughter of the publisher Julius Eduard Hitzig (1780-1849). He studied mathematics and physics at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Berlin and continued his studies under Robert Bunsen in Heidelberg. In 1858 his promoter was Friedrich Kekulé. In 1866 he became a professor in Berlin. He was one of the founders of the Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft in 1867. In 1872 he was appointed Professor of Chemistry at the University of Strasbourg and in 1875 he succeeded Justus von Liebig in Munich. In 1905 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry because of his work for the development of organical chemistry and the chemical industry. He died in 1917 in Starnberg near Munich. Related persons • was pupil of Bunsen, Robert Wilhelm • was pupil of Kekulé von Stradonitz, Friedrich August |
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 The grave of Adolf von Baeyer at the Waldfriedhof, Munich. Picture by Androom (05 Dec 2015) |
Sources • Adolf von Baeyer - Wikipedia (DE) |
