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Article: Wöhler, Friedrich
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W
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hler, Friedrich
GERMAN CHEMIST
1800
–
1882
Friedrich W
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hler was born on July 31, 1800, at Eschersheim, near Frankfurt-am-Main, Hesse. The son of a veterinary surgeon, young W
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hler attended public schools in Frankfurt and passed exams qualifying him for admission to a university in 1820. During his earlier school years W
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hler had acquired an all-consuming interest in practical chemistry and mineralogy. He chose to study medicine at Heidelberg University and obtained an M.D. degree from that institution in 1823.
As a student at Heidelberg W
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hler attended the chemistry lectures of Leopold Gmelin, and the experience prompted W
ö
hler to choose ...