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Intro
German chemist
A.K.A.
Friedrich Carl Albert
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Male
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Birth:
2 November 1866(Kölleda, Sömmerda, Thuringia, Germany)
Death:
22 October 1956(Hanover, Hannover Region, Lower Saxony, Germany)
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Education:
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Berlin, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Germany
University of Rostock
Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
The details
Biography
Introduction
Fritz Hofmann (Friedrich Carl Albert; 2 November 1866 in Kölleda – 22 October 1956 in Hanover) was a German organic chemist who first synthesized synthetic rubber.
Hofmann studied chemistry in Rostock. On September 12, 1909, he filed a patent for the manufacture of the world's first synthetic rubber.
Honors
- In 1912, Hofmann received the Emil Fischer Medal from the German Chemical Society for his research on synthetic rubber.