CHEMIST

August Wilhelm von Hofmann

1818 - 1892

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August Wilhelm von Hofmann (8 April 1818 – 5 May 1892) was a German chemist who made considerable contributions to organic chemistry. His research on aniline helped lay the basis of the aniline-dye industry, and his research on coal tar laid the groundwork for his student Charles Mansfield's practical methods for extracting benzene and toluene and converting them into nitro compounds and amines. Hofmann's discoveries include formaldehyde, hydrazobenzene, the isonitriles, and allyl alcohol. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of August Wilhelm von Hofmann has received more than 382,147 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). August Wilhelm von Hofmann is the 170th most popular chemist (up from 171st in 2019), the 919th most popular biography from Germany (up from 988th in 2019) and the 36th most popular German Chemist.

Hofmann is most famous for his discovery of the chemical structure of the active ingredient in cannabis, THC.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, August Wilhelm von Hofmann ranks 170 out of 602. Before him are Johann Wilhelm Ritter, Paul Flory, George Andrew Olah, Marcellin Berthelot, Ei-ichi Negishi, and Ernst Chain. After him are Alexander R. Todd, Ascanio Sobrero, Sophia Brahe, Johann Josef Loschmidt, John Macleod, and Robert F. Furchgott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, August Wilhelm von Hofmann ranks 17. Before him are Marius Petipa, Rudolf von Jhering, Adolf Anderssen, Sophie of Württemberg, Charles III, Prince of Monaco, and Leconte de Lisle. After him are Thomas Mayne Reid, Hermann Kolbe, Mary Todd Lincoln, Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria, Amalia of Oldenburg, and François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville. Among people deceased in 1892, August Wilhelm von Hofmann ranks 17. Before him are John Couch Adams, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia, Louis Vuitton, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, and Deodoro da Fonseca. After him are Tewfik Pasha, Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, Charles Spurgeon, Princess Alexandrine of Prussia, Annibale de Gasparis, and Yoshitoshi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, August Wilhelm von Hofmann ranks 919 out of 7,253. Before him are William IV, Duke of Bavaria (1493), Prince Augustus William of Prussia (1722), Leo Strauss (1899), Hans Sachs (1494), Hans Scholl (1918), and Albert of Saxony (1828). After him are Luise Rainer (1910), Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1635), Thomas Tuchel (1973), Julius Schreck (1898), Theodor Billroth (1829), and Emil Maurice (1897).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, August Wilhelm von Hofmann ranks 36. Before him are Georg Wittig (1897), Joachim Frank (1940), Georg Ernst Stahl (1659), Johann Deisenhofer (1943), Robert Huber (1937), and Ernst Chain (1906). After him are Emil Erlenmeyer (1825), Heinrich Gustav Magnus (1802), Hennig Brand (1630), Hermann Kolbe (1818), Gerhard Herzberg (1904), and Friedrich Sertürner (1783).

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