Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Hofmann, August Wilhelm
HOFMANN, AUGUST WILHELM, a
German chemist; born in Giessen, April
8, 1818. After obtaining the degree of
doctor of philosophy, he became assistant
to Liebig in the laboratory at Giessen.
It was in the course of researches
that from coal-products he obtained
aniline. His “Introduction to Modern
Chemistry” led to great reforms in the
teaching of chemistry. He died May 5,
1892.