The first Jewish Nobel Prize recipient, Adolf von Baeyer
Baeyer was a German chemist who made his first breakthrough already at the age of 12, and won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on organic dyes and hydroaromatic compounds
Born in Berlin (October 31, 1835 – August 20, 1917), Baeyer showed an interest in chemistry from a young age and at only twelve years of age he discovered a new double salt of copper.
He began his formal education in the fields of mathematics and physics, though after two years switched to chemistry and in 1857 received his doctorate from Bucklin University. A year later he already worked as a professor at the university, and continued to a post as a chemistry professor at University of Munich.
Baeyer conducted research mainly on acids and other compounds, especially noted for his work with indigo and other dyes, as well as with polyacetylenes, oxonium salts, nitroso compounds, uric acid and more. Among other things, he was awarded a medal by the Royal Society of London.
Even at a later age, Baeyer retained his openness to new discoveries and developments, known for saying that "I never conduct an experiment to see whether I correct, but rather to see how the substances behave."
Two years after retiring in 1915, Baeyer passed away at his home.
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