Othmar Zeidler
Othmar Zeidler (1859 - 26 June 1911) was a German Austrian chemist.
As a doctoral student at University of Strasbourg, Zeidler is credited with first synthesis of the insecticide Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane or DDT in 1874, He worked with Adolf von Baeyer at Straßburg.
References
- http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/history/index.htm
- Othmar Zeidler (1874). "Verbindungen von Chloral mit Brom- und Chlorbenzol". Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft. 7 (2): 1180–1181. doi:10.1002/cber.18740070278.
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