History of biochemistry
The term “biochemistry” itself is derived from the combining form "bio-", meaning "life", and "chemistry". The word is first recorded in English in 1848, while in 1877, Felix Hoppe-Seyler used the term ("Biochemie" in German) in the foreword to the first issue of "Zeitschrift für Physiologische Chemie" (Journal of Physiological Chemistry) as a synonym for physiological chemistry and argued for the setting up of institutes dedicate to its studies. Nevertheless, several sources cite German chemist Carl Neuberg as having coined the term for the new discipline in 1903, and some credit it to Franz Hofmeister.
Biochar
The word "biochar" is a combination of "bio-" (from "biomass") and "char" (from "charcoal"). A search of the scientific literature for the term on databases such as SciFinder shows the first appearance of "biochar" in the scientific literature was in a paper at a national meeting of the American Chemical Society presented by Ph.D. candidate at the University of Missouri Dr. Harshavardhan D. Bapat and his thesis advisor Professor Stanley E. Manahan, “Chemchar Gasification of Hazardous Wastes and Mixed Wastes on a Biochar Matrix,” 215th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Dallas, March 29-April 2, 1998. The biochar described in this paper was prepared from milo grain seed by the "ChemChar triple-reverse-burn" gasification process ” developed in Prof. Manahan’s laboratory and patented (now expired) in 1992: “Process for the regeneration of activated carbon product by reverse burn gasification,” Patent number: 5124292