Robert Bunsen
Scientist
Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen (30 March 1811[N1] – 16 August 1899) was a German chemist. He investigated emission spectra of heated elements, and discovered caesium (in 1860) and rubidium (in 1861) with Gustav Kirchhoff. Bunsen developed several gas-analytical methods, was a pioneer in photochemistry, and did early work in the field of organoarsenic chemistry. With his laboratory assistant, Peter Desaga, he developed the Bunsen burner, an improvement on the laboratory burners then in use. The Bunsen–Kirchhoff Award for spectroscopy is named after Bunsen and Kirchhoff.
Personal facts
| Birth date | March 30, 1811 |
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| Birth name | Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen |
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| Birth place | Confederation of the Rhine , Göttingen , Kingdom of Westphalia |
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| Date of death | August 16, 1899 |
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| Place of death | German Empire , Heidelberg , Grand Duchy of Baden |
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