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Alexander Voskresensky

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Russian chemist and university teacher (1809-1880)

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Aleksandr Abramovich Voskresensky was a Russian chemist who served as rector of Saint Petersburg Imperial University in 1861-1863 and 1865-1867. Dmitri Mendeleev regarded him as a "grandfather of Russian chemistry".

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Order of the White Eagle
Order of St. Vladimir
Order of Saint Anna, 1st class
Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class
Order of Saint Stanislaus

Scientists born in the 1800s 6

Georg Fresenius44.2Janet Taylor43.9Karl Friedrich Schimper44.3Alexander Gibson43.9William Hallowes Miller44.3Frederick Smith43.7

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Aleksandr Abramovich Voskresensky was a Russian chemist who served as rector of Saint Petersburg Imperial University in 1861-1863 and 1865-1867. Dmitri Mendeleev regarded him as a "grandfather of Russian chemistry". One of his major scientific achievements is the discovery of theobromine, the major alkaloid of cacao beans.

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Lived 1809 to 1880 · aged 70
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