August Wilhelm von Hofmann
1818–92
German organic chemist. Student of Justus von Liebig at the University of Giessen; assistant to Liebig, 1843. Director, Royal College of Chemistry, London, 1845–65. Professor of chemistry, Berlin University, 1865–92. Founded the Deutsche Chemische Gesellschaft, Berlin, 1867. FRS 1851.
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ADB
DBE
DSB
NDB.
Bibliography
ADB: Allgemeine deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Royal Academy of Sciences. 56 vols. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. 1875–1912.
DBE: Deutsche biographische Enzyklopädie. Edited by Walter Killy et al. 12 vols. in 14. Munich: K. G. Saur. 1995–2000.
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
NDB: Neue deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. 27 vols. (A–Wettiner) to date. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. 1953–.
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