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Adolf von Baeyer
October 31, 1835 – August 20, 1917
German chemist (1835–1917)
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Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer was a German chemist who synthesized indigo and developed a nomenclature for cyclic compounds. He was ennobled in the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1885 and was the 1905 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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- Birthday · October 31
- Anniversary · August 20
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