BAEYER, ADOLF VON

(Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer)äˈdôlf fən bāˈyər; yōhänˈ frēˈdrĭkh vĭlˈhĕlm, 1835–1917, German chemist. He taught at Berlin and Strasbourg and in 1875 succeeded Liebig at Munich. For his work in organic chemistry, especially that on organic dyes and the hydroaromatic compounds, he received the 1905 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. His discovery of the molecular structure of indigo and his research on many other organic substances did much to develop the chemical industry of Germany. His collected works were published in German (1905).

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The Psychopathic God: Adolf Hitler
Book by Robert G. L. Waite; Da Capo Press, 1993
Subjects: Heads Of State--Germany--Biography, Hitler, Adolf--1889-1945--Psychology
...painted Field Marshal von Schlieffen, Chancellor...PSYCHOPATHIC GOD ADOLF HITLER ROBERT...Intellectual World of Adolf Hitler 55...Vienna: Lueger, Lanz von Liebenfels, List...in 1932; with von Hindenberg; at Obersalzberg...1938. Mother Aus Adolf Hitlers Heimat...
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The Book of Truth and Facts: Facts Which Every American Should Know
Book by Fritz Von Frantzius; Fritz von Frantzius, 1916
Subjects: Germany--Civilization, Matthews, Brander--1852-1929
...the greatest surgeons of modern times , Professor Emil von Bebring diphtheria serum , Professor Paul Ehrlich...with Bunsen , Friedrich Mitscherlich isomorphism , Adolf Baeyer synthesis of indigo , Julius Pintsch, Auer and Walter...
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Perspectives in Personality Theory
Book by Henry P. David Ph. D., Helmut Von Bracken; Basic Books, 1957
Subjects: Personality
...1950. 6. Busemann, Adolf, Padagogische Milieukunde...Maria-Theresia, "Graphischer Ausdruck von Gefuhlen." Zeitschrift fur angewandte...Psychologische Beitrage. Von Bracken and Witte, eds. Meisenheim...Psychologische Rundschau. Von Allesch and Herwig, eds. Gottingen...
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The Who's Who of Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-2000
Book by Louise S. Sherby; Oryx Press, 2002
Subjects: Biography--20th Century--Dictionaries, Nobel Prizes
...B.S.S. 1905 Von Baeyer, Adolf Johann Friedrich Wilhelm 5...Volume 2 , 389 91. Rupe, H. Adolf von Baeyer als Lehrer und Forscher . Stuttgart...Enke, 1932. Schmorl, Karl. Adolf von Baeyer, 1835 1917 . Stuttgart: Wissenschaftliche...
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The Kaiser's Chemists: Science and Modernization in Imperial Germany
Book by Jeffrey Allan Johnson; University of North Carolina Press, 1990
Subjects: Chemistry--Germany--History--20th Century, Science And State--Germany--History--20th Century
...Emil Fischer to his mentor, Adolf von Baeyer, 1898 But chemistry cannot...him and their common mentor Adolf von Baeyer as the "leaders and classic...1905 "Chemistry has changed," Adolf von Baeyer wistfully remarked in 1905...
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Theme: Centenary, 1974-1996
Magazine article; The Architectural Review, Vol. 199, May 1996
Subjects: Architectural design--Publishing, Architecture--Publishing
...they say, how fallible is our belief in the centrality of human values. Now Jencks brings up the physicist Hans Christin von Baeyer to announce in the twenty-first century, the atom will replace the man as the measure of all things. The prospect is...


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Baeyer, Adolf Von
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BAEYER, ADOLF VON (Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer)a dolf f n ba y r; yohan fre drikh vil helm, 1835 1917, German chemist. He taught at Berlin and Strasbourg and in 1875 succeeded Liebig at Munich. For his work in organic chemistry...
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Nobel Prizes
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...Bertha von Suttner Adolf von Baeyer Philipp Lenard Robert...Bergson 1928 Adolf Windaus Sir Owen...Arthur Harden Hans von Euler-Chelpin L...S. Buck 1939 Adolf Butenandt Leopold...1943 Georg von Hevesy Otto Stern...
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Fischer, Emil
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...Chemistry. His many other valuable discoveries include a method of synthesizing polypeptides. He was an assistant of Adolf von Baeyer and was professor at the universities of Erlangen (1882 85), Wurzburg (1885 92), and Berlin (from 1892...
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Barbiturate
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...barbiturates are all derivatives of barbituric acid, which was first prepared in 1864 by the German organic chemist Adolf von Baeyer. The drugs differ widely in the duration of their action, which depends on the rapidity with which they are distributed...
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Indigo
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...color of great permanence. Use of the natural dye greatly decreased after the synthesis of indigo was accomplished. Adolf von Baeyer was the first to synthesize it, but others developed the methods used for its commercial production from aniline...
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