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Carl Gräbe

German chemist

Died when: 85 years 329 days (1030 months)
Star Sign: Pisces

 

Carl Gräbe

Carl Gräbe (German: [ˈɡʁɛːbə]; 24 February 1841 – 19 January 1927) was a German industrial and academic chemist from Frankfurt am Main who held professorships in his field at Leipzig, Königsberg, and Geneva.

He is known for the first synthesis of the economically important dye, alizarin, with Liebermann, and for contributing to the fundamental nomenclature of organic chemistry.


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