About Constantin Fahlberg
Lived 1850 – 1910 (aged 59). Constantin Fahlberg was an American chemist and inventor.
Constantin Fahlberg (; 22 December 1850 in Tambov – 15 August 1910 in Nassau) was a Russian chemist who discovered the sweet taste of anhydroorthosulphaminebenzoic acid in 1877–78 when analysing the chemical compounds in coal tar at Johns Hopkins University for Professor Ira Remsen (1846–1927, aged 81). Later Fahlberg gave this chemical "body" the trade name Saccharin.
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Russian chemist (1850–1910)
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Constantin Fahlberg was born on 22 December 1850 in Tambov.
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Constantin Fahlberg died on 15 August 1910 in Nassau.
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Constantin Fahlberg was a chemist and inventor.
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Constantin Fahlberg was American.
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