Heinrich Dreser, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Heinrich Dreser

German chemist

Date of Birth: 01-Oct-1860

Place of Birth: Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany

Date of Death: 21-Dec-1924

Profession: chemist, university teacher, pharmacologist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Heinrich Dreser (1 October 1860 – December 21, 1924 ) was a German chemist responsible for the aspirin and heroin projects at Bayer AG.
He was also a key figure in creating the widely used modern drug codeine. Arthur Eichengrün made the claim, yet unproven, that credit for the discovery of aspirin were stolen from him by Dreser.
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