Friedrich Wohler Professions : Chemist Born : July 31, 1800 Died : September 23, 1882 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Friedrich Wohler Organic chemistry just now is enough to drive one mad. It gives me the impression of a primeval forest full of the most remarkable things, a monstrous and boundless thicket, with no way of escape, into which one may well dread to enter. Friedrich Wohler mad may giving I am afraid I shall have to give up my trade; I am far too inert to keep up with organic chemistry, it is becoming too much for me, though I may boast of having contributed something to its development. The modern system of formulae is to me quite repulsive. Friedrich Wohler giving-up may science This investigation has yielded an unanticipated result that reaction of cyanic acid with ammonia gives urea, a noteworthy result in as much as it provides an example of the artificial production of an organic, indeed a so-called animal, substance from inorganic substances. Friedrich Wohler discovery animal science Similar Authors Auguste Laurent chemist August Wilhelm von Hofmann chemist August Kekule chemist Ascanio Sobrero chemist Antoine Lavoisier chemist Antoine Bechamp chemist All Authors
