Constantin Fahlberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Constantin Fahlberg

Russian chemist

Date of Birth: 22-Dec-1850

Place of Birth: Tambov, Tambov Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 15-Aug-1910

Profession: inventor, chemist

Nationality: United States, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Constantin Fahlberg (22 December 1850 in Tambov – 15 August 1910 in Nassau, aged 59) was a Russian chemist who discovered the sweet taste of anhydroorthosulphaminebenzoic acid in 1877–78 when analysing the chemical compounds in coal tar at Johns Hopkins University for Professor Ira Remsen (1846–1927, aged 81).
Later Fahlberg gave this chemical "body" the trade name Saccharin.