Felix Benjamin Ahrens

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Felix Benjamin Ahrens (born October 22, 1863 in Danzig ; † November 14, 1910 in Berlin ) was a German chemist and technologist.

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Ahrens studied from 1882 to 1886 in Berlin, Breslau and Kiel. From 1887 he worked as an assistant to Albert Ladenburg at the University of Breslau and, as his student, successfully dealt with alkaloids. In 1889 he received a position as a private lecturer in Breslau and in 1896 was appointed associate professor and director of the Agricultural-Technological Institute. He also made a contribution to the Technical University of Breslau, which was created in 1910 .

Ahrens wrote important technical contributions on coal tars, acetylene and sulphite liquors, including the Handbuch der Elektrochemie , the instructions for chemical-technical analysis , the introduction to practical chemistry or the book of inventions, trade and industries . He also founded the collection of chemical and chemical-technical lectures , which he edited himself from 1896 to 1908.

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SURNAME Ahrens, Felix Benjamin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist and technologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Danzig
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 1910
Place of death Berlin