Hugo Erdmann Scientist

Hugo Wilhelm Traugott Erdmann (8 May 1862 – 25 June 1910) was the German chemist who discovered, together with his doctoral advisor Jacob Volhard, the Volhard-Erdmann cyclization. In 1898 he was the first who coined the term noble gas (the original noun is Edelgas in German).Erdmann invented the name Thiozone in 1908, hypothesizing that S3 made up a large proportion of liquid sulfur.

Personal facts

Birth dateMay 08, 1862
Birth place
Pasłęk , Province of Prussia
Nationality
Germany
Date of deathJune 25, 1910
Place of death
German Empire , Germany , Müritzsee
Residence
Germany
Known for
Volhard–Erdmann cyclization

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doctoral advisor

Topical connections

Hugo Erdmann on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://catalogus-professorum-halensis.de/erdmannhugo.html