Robert Bunsen
Robert Bunsen
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a German chemist. With his laboratory assistant Peter Desaga, he developed the Bunsen burner, an improvement on the laboratory burners then in use.
Born
Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen 30 March 1811 Göttingen, Westphalia, Rhine Confederation
Died
16 August 1899 (aged 88) Heidelberg, Baden, German Empire
Known for
Discoveries of caesium and rubidium Discovery of cacodyl radical Flame emissive spectroscopy Hydrothermal synthesis Pneumatosis Bunsen burner Bunsen cell Bunsen solubility coefficient Bunsen reaction Bunsen-Roscoe
Fields
Chemistry (career) Geology and mineralogy (retirement)
Alma mater
University of Göttingen
Awards
Copley medal (1860) Davy Medal (1877) Albert Medal (1898)
Institutions
Polytechnic School of Kassel University of Marburg University of Heidelberg University of Breslau
adultbasic
Germany
Doctoral advisor
Friedrich Stromeyer
Doctoral students
Adolf von Baeyer Hans Goldschmidt Fritz Haber Philipp Lenard Georg Ludwig Carius Hermann Kolbe Adolf Lieben Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Viktor Meyer Lothar Meyer Friedrich Konrad Beilstein Henry Enfield
era
1800+
Other notable students
Dmitri Mendeleev Julia Lermontova