Friedrich Konrad Beilstein

Friedrich Konrad Beilstein, born 17 February 1838, perished 18 October 1906, both in Saint Petersburg, Russia, however he was german. Beilstein was a chemist and is the founder of the famous Handbuch der organischen Chemie, a fact oriented series. He received education at the Georg-August University of Göttingen, where he became a professor extraordinarius in 1865. Only one year later, in 1866, he left Göttingen and became a professor in Saint Petersburg.

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