Friedrich Wilhelm Hermann Delffs, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German chemist
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Place of Birth: Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
About Friedrich Wilhelm Hermann Delffs
- Friedrich Wilhelm Hermann Delffs (21 April 1812 in Kiel – 18 March 1894 in Heidelberg) was a German chemist. He studied natural sciences at the University of Kiel, receiving his doctorate in 1834.
- In 1840 he obtained his habilitation at the University of Heidelberg, where in 1843 he became an associate professor.
- From 1853 he was a full professor of chemistry at Heidelberg, being given the status of professor emeritus in 1889.
- At Heidelberg he gave classes in pharmaceutical, organic and physiological chemistry.He main research dealt with investigations of uric acid, fumaric acid, oenanthic ether, sorbin, laurin, molybdate of ammonia and alloxan.
- In 1843, with mineralogist Johann Reinhard Blum, he proposed the name "leonhardite" for partially dehydrated forms of laumontite.
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