Friedrich Wohler (1800 - 1882)

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Name: Friedrich Wohler
DOB: 1800

Died: 1882.
Discoveries: Isolated Aluminium,Beryllium and obtained Urea.

Wohler, the German Chemist was birthed in Eschersheim in the year 1800 and died after 82 years in Goettingen in the year 1882.

He was once a professor at the University of Goettinghen.
He obtained Urea for the very first time in the history of man in 1828 through the synthesis of ammonia compounds. This idea however,was contradictory to what was been used at that time for the synthesis of Organic compounds.

 However,he did it again in 1827 and 1828 when he Isolated aluminium and beryllium respectively for the first time in the history of man.