Gustav von Hüfner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German chemist and university professor
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Place of Birth: Bad Köstritz, Thuringia, Germany
About Gustav von Hüfner
- Gustav von Hüfner (13 May 1840 in Köstritz – 14 March 1908 in Tübingen) was a German chemist. From 1860 to 1865 he studied medicine at the University of Leipzig, and while a student, attended lectures given by biologists Karl Gegenbaur and Matthias Jakob Schleiden at the University of Jena.
- After graduation, he trained under physiologist Carl Ludwig and chemist Hermann Kolbe at Leipzig, and studied in the laboratory of Robert Bunsen at the University of Heidelberg.
- In 1869 he obtained his habilitation, and three years later, succeeded Felix Hoppe-Seyler at the University of Tübingen.
- In 1875, he was appointed a full professor of organic and physiological chemistry at the university.He is best known for his research involving blood chemistry.
- The term "Hüfner number" is defined as the amount of oxygen that can bind with one gram of hemoglobin when fully saturated.
- In 1894 Hüfner determined that a gram of hemoglobin could maximally bind 0.0598 millimoles (1.34mL) of oxygen gas.
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