Ferdinand Tiemann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ferdinand Tiemann

German chemist

Date of Birth: 10-Jun-1848

Place of Birth: Rübeland, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date of Death: 14-Nov-1899

Profession: chemist, university teacher

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Johann Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand Tiemann (June 10, 1848 – November 14, 1899) was a German chemist and together with Karl Reimer discoverer of the Reimer-Tiemann reaction. Beginning in 1866, Tiemann studied pharmacy at the TU Braunschweig where he graduated in 1869.
His professor in Brunswick wrote a letter of recommendation to August Wilhelm von Hofmann at the University of Berlin where Tiemann started as assistant of von Hofmann in 1869.
In 1874 Wilhelm Haarmann and Tiemann started a company, after they discovered the synthesis of vanillin from coniferyl alcohol.
The vanillin plant Holzminden was not very successful before Karl Reimer discovered the Reimer-Tiemann reaction which opened an alternative synthesis route to vanillin.
In 1882 Tiemann became professor at the University of Berlin. He was involved in the first synthesis of Jonon a compound of the sweet violet (Viola odorata), which became a huge success for Harmann & Reimer company. August Wilhelm von Hofmann married Berta the younger sister of Ferdinand Tiemann.

Julius Cornelius Schaarwächter (1847–1904)
Alternative names	Julius Cornelius Schaarwächter
Description	German photographer and publisher Hofphotograph des Kaisers in Berlin und vielfach ausgezeichneter Juror für fotografische Arbeiten
Date of birth/death	14 July 1847	14 October 1904
Location of birth/death	Amsterdam	Berlin
Work location	Berlin
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