About Fritz Hofmann
Lived 1866 – 1956 (aged 89). Fritz Hofmann was a German chemist, pharmacist and inventor.
Fritz Hofmann (Friedrich Carl Albert; 2 November 1866 in Kölleda – 22 October 1956 in Hanover) was a German organic chemist who first synthesized synthetic rubber.
Hofmann studied chemistry in Rostock. On September 12, 1909, he filed a patent for the manufacture of the world's first synthetic rubber.
Honors In 1912, Hofmann received the Emil Fischer Medal from the German Chemical Society for his research on synthetic rubber.
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Who was Fritz Hofmann?
German chemist (1866–1956)
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Fritz Hofmann was born on 2 November 1866 in Kölleda.
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Fritz Hofmann died on 22 October 1956 in Hanover.
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Fritz Hofmann was a chemist, pharmacist and inventor.
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Fritz Hofmann was German.
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