About Julius Wilbrand
Lived 1839 – 1906 (aged 66). Julius Wilbrand was a German chemist, teacher at a Gymnasium and oberlehrer.
Julius Bernhard Friedrich Adolph Wilbrand (22 August 1839 – 22 June 1906) was a German chemist who discovered trinitrotoluene, more commonly known as TNT.
He was born in Gießen, Germany to Albertine Knapp and Franz Joseph Julius Wilbrand, a forensic physician. He obtained trinitrotoluene through the nitration of toluene. The compound's use as an explosive was developed later.
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Who was Julius Wilbrand?
German chemist (1839-1906)
When was Julius Wilbrand born?
Julius Wilbrand was born on 22 August 1839 in Giessen.
When did Julius Wilbrand die?
Julius Wilbrand died on 22 June 1906 in Bielefeld.
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Julius Wilbrand was a chemist, teacher at a Gymnasium and oberlehrer.
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Julius Wilbrand was German.
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