Friedrich Wohler (1800-1882) German organic chemist. Isolated aluminium (1827), synthesised urea (1828), discovered beryllium (1828), and obtained acetylene from calcium carbide. Engraving from 'Les Merveilles de la Science' by Louis Figuier (Paris, c1870).

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Friedrich Wohler (1800-1882) German organic chemist. Isolated aluminium (1827), synthesised urea (1828), discovered beryllium (1828), and obtained acetylene from calcium carbide. Engraving from 'Les Merveilles de la Science' by Louis Figuier (Paris, c1870).

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