Fritz Hofmann (chemist) explained

Fritz Hofmann (Friedrich Carl Albert) (2 November 1866 in Kölleda – 22 October 1956 in Hanover) was a German organic chemist who first synthesized synthetic rubber.

Hofmann studied chemistry in Rostock.^[1] On September 12, 1909, he filed a patent for the manufacture of the world's first synthetic rubber.^[2]

Honors

• In 1912, Hofmann received the Emil Fischer Medal from the German Chemical Society for his research on synthetic rubber.

See also

• Sergei Vasiljevich Lebedev

Notes and References

1. See entry of Fritz Hofmann in Rostock Matrikelportal
2. Web site: [[Lanxess]] documentation . 2009-09-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090330082014/http://webmagazine.lanxess.com/en/lanxess-webmagazine-homepage/100-years-of-high-tech/100-years-of-high-tech/page-3.html . 2009-03-30 . dead .