Alexander Butlerov
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a Russian chemist, one of the principal creators of the theory of chemical structure, the discoverer of formaldehyde (1859) and the discoverer of the formose reaction (1861).

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Born
15 September 1828 Chistopol, Kazan Governorate, Russian Empire
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Died
17 August 1886 (aged 57) Butlerovka, Kazan Governorate, Russian Empire
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Nationality
Russian
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Fields
Chemistry
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Alma mater
Kazan State University
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Institutions
University of St. Petersburg, Kazan State University
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Russia
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Doctoral advisor
Nikolay Zinin
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Doctoral students
Alexey Yevgrafovich Favorsky, Vladimir Markovnikov, Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev
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