Biography of 10 scientist of organic chemistry
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Famous Organic Chemists
The following list of ~350 Famous Organic Chemists (and/or scientists who contributed to the fundamentals of organic chemistry) was originally compiled by Professor Michael B. Smith, Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut. He created the list for a graduate synthesis course he was teaching in the 1990’s. It is based on the icons of organic chemistry that he felt students should know. We have added Organic Chemists who have won the Roger Adams Award, Cope Award, or a Nobel Prize that is related to Organic Chemistry. The list itself and the links (mainly to Wikipedia) are provided as a service to the organic chemistry community. They are not an endorsement by the Division. If you would like us to consider other chemists and/or links, please use the Contact Us/Feedback form.
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List of chemists
This is a list of chemists. It should include those who have been important to the development or practice of chemistry. Their research or application has made significant contributions in the area of basic or applied chemistry.
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[edit]- Richard Abegg (1869–1910), German chemist
- Frederick Abel (1827–1902), English chemist
- Friedrich Accum (1769–1838), German chemist, advances in the field of gas lighting
- Homer Burton Adkins (1892–1949), American chemist, known for work in hydrogenation of organic compounds
- Peter Agre (born 1949), American chemist and doctor, 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Georgius Agricola (1494–1555), German scholar known as "the father of mineralogy"
- Natalie Ahn, American chemist
- Arthur Aikin (1773–1855), English chemist and mineralogist
- Adrien Albert (1907–1989), Australian medicinal chemist
- John Albery (1936–2013), English physical chemist
- Kurt Alder (1902–1958), German chemist, 1950 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Jerome Alexander (1876–1959), American expert on the chemistry of colloids
- Ivan Alimarin (1903-1989), Soviet chemist, one of the leaders of analytical chemistry in 20's century
- Elmer Lucille Allen (born 1931), American chemist and ceramic artist
- Heather C. Allen (born 1960), American chemist
- Adah Almutairi (born
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Friedrich Wöhler
German druggist (1800–1882)
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