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Felix Hoffmann
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Felix Hoffmann was a German chemist, inventor, pharmacist, and non-fiction writer. Born in Ludwigsburg in 1868, he held a doctorate and was educated at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. He worked for the employer Bayer and spoke German. His notable works include aspirin and heroin.
Hoffmann died in Lausanne in 1946. He is recognized in the National Inventors Hall Of Fame collection. He also used the pseudonym Schwenker.
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Key facts
- Born
- 21 January 1868, Ludwigsburg , Kingdom of Württemberg
- Died
- 3 February 1946 (1946-02-03) (aged 78), Lausanne , Switzerland
- Alma mater
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Thesis
- On certain derivatives of dihydroanthracene (1893)
- Doctoral advisor
- Eugen Bamberger
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Felix
- Family name
- Hoffmann
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Ludwigsburg
- Place of death
- Lausanne
- Occupation
- non-fiction writer
- Educated at
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Employer
- Bayer
- Languages spoken
- German
- Notable work
- heroin
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Field of work
- pharmacy
- Image
- Felix Hoffman.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1868-01-21
- date of death
- 1946-02-08
- Commons category
- Felix Hoffmann (chemist)
- pseudonym
- schwenker
- name in native language
- Felix Hoffmann
- Commons Creator page
- Felix Hoffmann (chemist)
- described at URL
- www.bayer.com/en/history/felix-hoffmann
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Encyclopedic overview
Felix Hoffmann (21 January 1868 – 8 February 1946) was a German chemist notable for re-synthesising diamorphine (independently of C. R. Alder Wright who synthesized it 23 years earlier), which was popularized under the Bayer trade name of "heroin". He is also credited with synthesizing aspirin, though whether he did this under his own initiative or under the instruction of Arthur Eichengrün is contested.
Career
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