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Born March 12, 1838 • London • England
Died July 14, 1907 (aged 69) • England
Subjects Of Study aniline dye • Perkin reaction

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August Wilhelm von Hofmann, oil painting by E. Hader, 1886
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Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford
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Joseph Black, detail of an engraving by J. Rogers after a portrait by Sir Henry Raeburn
Joseph Black
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Sanger, Frederick
Frederick Sanger
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Sir Humphry Davy
Sir Humphry Davy
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John Dalton
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William Hyde Wollaston, detail of a pencil drawing by J. Jackson; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
William Hyde Wollaston
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William Ramsay
Sir William Ramsay
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John Herschel
Sir John Herschel, 1st Baronet
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Dorothy Hodgkin
Dorothy Hodgkin
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Sir Derek H.R. Barton.
Sir Derek H.R. Barton
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Stoddart, J. Fraser
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James Lovelock
James Lovelock
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Venki Ramakrishnan
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Max Ferdinand Perutz (left) and John Cowdery Kendrew, 1962.
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