Julius Wilbrand, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Julius Wilbrand

German chemist

Date of Birth: 22-Aug-1839

Place of Birth: Gießen, Hesse, Germany

Date of Death: 22-Jun-1906

Profession: chemist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Julius Bernhard Friedrich Adolph Wilbrand (August 22, 1839 – June 22, 1906) was a German chemist.
Born in Gießen to Franz Joseph Julius Wilbrand and Albertine Knapp, he discovered trinitrotoluene in 1863, but the compound's use as an explosive was not developed until later.
Wilbrand obtained trinitrotoluene or TNT by the nitration of toluene.