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August Wilhelm von Hofmann

1818 - 1892

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August Wilhelm von Hofmann (8 April 1818 – 5 May 1892) was a German chemist who made considerable contributions to organic chemistry. His research on aniline helped lay the basis of the aniline-dye industry, and his research on coal tar laid the groundwork for his student Charles Mansfield's practical methods for extracting benzene and toluene and converting them into nitro compounds and amines. Hofmann's discoveries include formaldehyde, hydrazobenzene, the isonitriles, and allyl alcohol. He prepared three ethylamines and tetraethylammonium compounds and established their structural relationship to ammonia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. August Wilhelm von Hofmann is the 233rd most popular chemist (down from 170th in 2019), the 957th most popular biography from Germany (down from 919th in 2019) and the 39th most popular German Chemist.

Hofmann is most famous for his discovery of the chemical structure of the active ingredient in cannabis, THC.

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Among chemists, August Wilhelm von Hofmann ranks 233 out of 602. Before him are William Hyde Wollaston, Richard Abegg, Ignacy Mościcki, Stanley Miller, James B. Conant, and Stanislao Cannizzaro. After him are John Frederic Daniell, John Pople, Johann Josef Loschmidt, Hideki Shirakawa, Louis Jacques Thénard, and Charles J. Pedersen.

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Among people born in 1818, August Wilhelm von Hofmann ranks 19. Before him are Hermann Kolbe, Rudolf von Jhering, Adolf Anderssen, Sophie of Württemberg, Angelo Secchi, and Leconte de Lisle. After him are Charles III, Prince of Monaco, Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria, Alexander Bain, Maria Mitchell, Zachris Topelius, and François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville. Among people deceased in 1892, August Wilhelm von Hofmann ranks 18. Before him are Annibale de Gasparis, Louis Vuitton, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia, Deodoro da Fonseca, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, and Alfred, Lord Tennyson. After him are Henry Walter Bates, Thomas Cook, Tewfik Pasha, Charles Spurgeon, Princess Alexandrine of Prussia, and George Biddell Airy.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, August Wilhelm von Hofmann ranks 957 out of 7,253. Before him are Peter Weiss (1916), Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927), Frank Wedekind (1864), Carl Stamitz (1745), George, King of Saxony (1832), and Johann Elert Bode (1747). After him are Maria Sophia of Neuburg (1666), Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal (1857), Gerhard von Scharnhorst (1755), Karl Bühler (1879), Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (1823), and Sigmund Jähn (1937).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, August Wilhelm von Hofmann ranks 39. Before him are Gerhard Herzberg (1904), Robert Huber (1937), Johann Deisenhofer (1943), Georg Ernst Stahl (1659), Joachim Frank (1940), and Hartmut Michel (1948). After him are Hennig Brand (1630), Friedrich Sertürner (1783), Henri Victor Regnault (1810), John Polanyi (1929), Fritz Strassmann (1902), and Emil Erlenmeyer (1825).

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