About Friedrich Gaedcke
Lived 1828 – 1890 (aged 62). Friedrich Gaedcke was a German chemist and pharmacist.
Friedrich Georg Carl (Friedrich) Gaedcke (5 June 1828 – 19 September 1890) was a German chemist. He was the first person to isolate the cocaine alkaloid in 1855.
Life Gaedcke worked in a pharmacy in Rostock and studied in Rostock between 1850 and 1851. In 1856, he took over a pharmacy in Dömitz which he ran for 34 years. He is described as having made contributions to the pharmaceutical history of Mecklenburg He described the alkaloid as being of small crystal molecules with needle-like points on four to six sides.
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Who was Friedrich Gaedcke?
German chemist (1828-1890)
When was Friedrich Gaedcke born?
Friedrich Gaedcke was born on 5 June 1828 in Bonn.
When did Friedrich Gaedcke die?
Friedrich Gaedcke died on 19 September 1890 in Dömitz.
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Friedrich Gaedcke was a chemist and pharmacist.
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Friedrich Gaedcke was German.
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