The German chemist August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818-1892) was one of the most influential organic chemists and teachers of the century. August Wilhelm von Hofmann was born on April 8, 1818, in the small university town of Giessen. In 1836 he entered...

Hofmann was born in Giessen. He originally planned to study law at college, but after attending chemistry lectures by Justus von Liebig, he became interested in chemistry.In 1841 he received his doctorate. His dissertation was on coal tar, the...

1818-1892 German chemist who discovered several important chemical compounds, founded the aniline dye industry, and developed a method of determining molecular weights. His systematic studies of aniline resulted in its extensive use in dyeing textiles....

August Wilhelm von Hofmann (April 8, 1818 – May 5, 1892) was a German...

For several years, I'd had my eye on a particular show shop on London's Oxford Street. Not because I had designs on the business, but because I believed that it might be the site of a college that, for a short period, was...

Some things did not amuse Queen Victoria. Aniline dyestuffs did, however, especially when they were demonstrated to her at Windsor Castle in March 1865 by the German chemist August Wilhelm Hoffmann. Of course, at that time, as the Queen recognised, magenta and mauve...