Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe (27 September 1818 – 25 November 1884) was a contributor in the birth of modern organic chemistry.
They had four children. ==Work in chemical research== As late as the 1840s, and despite Friedrich Wöhler's synthesis of urea in 1828, some chemists still believed in the doctrine of vitalism, according to which a special life-force was necessary to create "organic" (i.e., in its original meaning, biologically derived) compounds.
He had become passionate about the study of chemistry, matriculating at the University of Göttingen in the spring of 1838 in order to study with the famous chemist Friedrich Wöhler. In 1842, he became an assistant to Robert Bunsen at the Philipps-Universität Marburg.
They had four children. ==Work in chemical research== As late as the 1840s, and despite Friedrich Wöhler's synthesis of urea in 1828, some chemists still believed in the doctrine of vitalism, according to which a special life-force was necessary to create "organic" (i.e., in its original meaning, biologically derived) compounds.
He had become passionate about the study of chemistry, matriculating at the University of Göttingen in the spring of 1838 in order to study with the famous chemist Friedrich Wöhler. In 1842, he became an assistant to Robert Bunsen at the Philipps-Universität Marburg.
He took his doctoral degree in 1843 at the same university.
A new opportunity arose in 1845, when he became assistant to Lyon Playfair at the new Museum of Economic Geology in London and a close friend of Edward Frankland.
From 1847, he was engaged in editing the Handwörterbuch der reinen und angewandten Chemie (Dictionary of Pure and Applied Chemistry) edited by Justus von Liebig, Wöhler, and Johann Christian Poggendorff, and he also wrote an important textbook.
In 1851, Kolbe succeeded Bunsen as professor of chemistry at Marburg and, in 1865, he was called to the Universität Leipzig.
He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1874. In 1853, he married Charlotte, the daughter of General-Major Wilhelm von Bardeleben.
In 1864, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
In 1851, Kolbe succeeded Bunsen as professor of chemistry at Marburg and, in 1865, he was called to the Universität Leipzig.
He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1874. In 1853, he married Charlotte, the daughter of General-Major Wilhelm von Bardeleben.
His wife died in 1876 after 23 years of happy marriage.
Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe (27 September 1818 – 25 November 1884) was a contributor in the birth of modern organic chemistry.
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