Felix Hoffmann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Felix Hoffmann

German chemist

Date of Birth: 21-Jan-1868

Place of Birth: Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 08-Feb-1946

Profession: pharmacist, inventor, chemist, non-fiction writer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Felix Hoffmann

  • Felix Hoffmann (21 January 1868 – 8 February 1946) was a German chemist notable for re-synthesizing diamorphine (independently from C.R.
  • Alder Wright who synthesized it 23 years earlier), which was popularized under the Bayer trade name of "heroin".
  • He is also credited with synthesizing aspirin, though whether he did this under his own initiative or under the instruction of Arthur Eichengrün is contested.

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