Hermann Kolbe
Hermann Kolbe
Hermann Kolbe
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a major contributor to the birth of modern organic chemistry
Born
27 September 1818 Elliehausen, near Göttingen, Kingdom of Hanover
Died
25 November 1884 (aged 66) Leipzig, German Empire
Nationality
German
Known for
Kolbe electrolysis, Kolbe-Schmitt reaction Kolbe nitrile synthesis
Fields
Chemist
Alma mater
University of Marburg
Awards
Davy Medal (1884)
Institutions
University of Marburg University of Leipzig
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Germany
Doctoral advisor
Robert Bunsen Friedrich Wöhler
Doctoral students
Peter Griess Aleksandr Mikhailovich Zaitsev Theodor Curtius Ernst Otto Beckmann Carl Graebe Oscar Loew Constantin Fahlberg Nikolai Menshutkin Vladimir Markovnikov Jacob Volhard Ludwig Mond Alexander Crum
era
1800+