Synthesizer of Urea Wöhler was born in Eschersheim, Prussia (present day Germany), on July 31, 1800. In 1820 he entered the University...
Category : Chemists

Jokichi Takamine
Isolator of Adrenaline Takamine was born November 3, 1854, in Takaoka, Japan. He was trained in the strict Samurai code, which encourages...

Ellen Swallow Richards
Founder of Home Ecology Ellen Swallow was born on December 3, 1842, in Dunstable, Massachusetts. Both parents were teachers, allowing her...

Dmitry Mendeleyev
Creator of Periodic Table of Elements Born in the isolated town of Tobolsk, in Siberia, Russia, in 1834, Mendeleyev was the last of 14...

Antoine Lavoisier
Originator of Law of Conservation of Mass Born in Paris on August 26, 1743, Antoine Lavoisier enjoyed the support of a wealthy extended...

August Kekulé von Stradonitz
Discoverer of Carbon Benzene Rings Born in 1829 in Darmstadt, Germany, Kekulé was talented at drawing and mathematics. He followed the...

Fritz Haber
Chemist; First to Synthesize Ammonia Fritz Haber was born December 9, 1868, in Breslau, Germany His father was a wealthy businessman...

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
Discoverer of Law of Combining Volumes Born in France on December 6, 1778, Gay-Lussac had the advantage of a good education. His family...

Bertram Fraser-Reid
Synthesizer of Organic Compounds Fraser-Reid was born on the island of Jamaica in 1934. His father, principal of a local school,...