Aleksandr Pavlovich Dianin Russian: Александр Павлович Дианин; 20 April 1851 – 6 December 1918 was a Russian chemist from Saint Petersburg. He carried out studies on phenols and discovered a phenol derivative now known as bisphenol A and the accordingly named Dianin’s compound. He was married to the adopted daughter of fellow chemist Alexander Borodin. In 1887, Dianin succeeded his
Karl Ernst Claus also Karl Klaus or Carl Claus, Russian: Карл Ка́рлович Кла́ус, 22 January 1796 – 24 March 1864 was a German-Russian chemist and naturalist of Baltic German origin. Claus was a professor at Kazan State University and a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He was primarily known as a chemist and discoverer of the chemical element ruthenium, which he named after his homeland of
Alekséy Yevgényevich Chichibábin Russian: Алексей Евгеньевич Чичибабин was a Soviet/Russian organic chemist, born 29 March 1871, Kuzemin village, current Sumy Oblast, Ukraine, died in Paris, France, 15 August 1945. His name is also written Alexei Yevgenievich Chichibabin and Alexei Euguenievich Tchitchibabine. Contents 1Life 2Scientific work 3References 4Bibliography Life Chichibábin was born at Kuzemin on March 17, 1871. He studied at the University of Moscow from 1888 until 1892,
Dmitry Konstantinovich Chernov or Tchernov, Russian: Дмитрий Константинович Чернов; November 1 1839 Saint-Petersburg – January 2, 1921 Yalta was a Russian metallurgist. He is known by his discovery of polymorphous transformations in steel and the iron-carbon phase diagram. This discovery is the beginning of scientific metallography. Biography Chernov was born to a family of a feldsher (registered nurse). In 1858 he graduated from the Petersburg Practical Technological Institute and worked
Alexander Mikhaylovich Butlerov Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Бу́тлеров; 15 September 1828 – 17 August 1886 was a Russian chemist, one of the principal creators of the theory of chemical structure (1857–1861), the first to incorporate double bonds into structural formulas, the discoverer of hexamine (1859), the discoverer of formaldehyde (1859) and the discoverer of the formose reaction (1861). He first proposed the idea of possible tetrahedral arrangement of valence bonds in carbon
Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin Russian: Алекса́ндр Порфи́рьевич Бороди́н, tr. Aleksandr Porfir’yevich Borodin, IPA 12 November 1833 – 27 February 1887 was a Russian chemist and Romantic musical composer of Georgian ancestry. He was one of the prominent 19th-century composers known as “The Mighty Handful”, a group dedicated to producing a uniquely Russian kind of classical music, rather than imitating earlier Western European models. Borodin is known best for his symphonies,
Boris Pavlovich Belousov Russian: Бори́с Па́влович Белоу́сов; 19 February 1893 – 12 June 1970 was a Soviet chemist and biophysicist who discovered the Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction (BZ reaction) in the early 1950s. His work initiated the field of modern nonlinear chemical dynamics. The Belousov family had strong anti-Tsarist sympathies and, after the Russian Revolution of 1905, they were arrested
Friedrich Konrad Beilstein 17 February 1838 – 18 October 1906, Russian name Фёдор Фёдорович Бейльштейн, was a chemist and founder of the famous Handbuch der organischen Chemie (Handbook of Organic Chemistry). The first edition of this work, published in 1881, covered 1,500 compounds in 2,200 pages. This handbook is now known as the Beilstein database. Life Beilstein
Nikolay Nikolayevich Beketov Russian: Николай Николаевич Бекетов; Alferevka now Novaya Beketovka, Penza Oblast January 13 1827 – St. Petersburg, December 13 191) was a Russian physical chemist and metallurgist. Life and work In 1849, Beketov graduated from Kazan University and worked with Nikolay Zinin. In 1855, he became a junior scientific assistant in the Department of Chemistry at Kharkov University. In 1859–1887, Beketov
Ernest Beaux 7 December 1881 – 9 June 1961 was a Russian-born French perfumer who is best known for creating Chanel No. 5, which is perhaps the world’s most famous perfume. Contents 1Family background 2Career 3Coco Chanel and the N°5 4Death and funeral 5Creating perfumes and later controversies 6Selected works 7References 8External links Family background Born in Moscow, Ernest