EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Giessen, Germany

Founding Date:
1607

Official Website:
http://www.uni-giessen.de/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Georg Büchner	Playwright	17-Oct-1813	19-Feb-1837	Leonce and Lena
Carl Remigius Fresenius	Chemist	28-Dec-1818	11-Jun-1897	Anleitung zur qualitativen chemischen Analyse
Arvid Harnack	Spy	24-May-1901	22-Dec-1942	Hanged by the Nazis for espionage
Mildred Fish Harnack	Spy	16-Sep-1902	16-Feb-1943	Guillotined by the Gestapo
August Wilhelm von Hofmann	Chemist	8-Apr-1818	2-May-1892	Organic chemist, researched aniline
Friedrich August Kekulé	Chemist	7-Sep-1829	13-Jul-1896	Theory of chemical structure
Friedrich Maximilian Klinger	Playwright	17-Feb-1752	9-Mar-1831	Sturm under Drang
Ilya Mechnikov	Scientist	16-May-1845	16-Jul-1916	Researched the immune system
August Weismann	Biologist	17-Jan-1834	5-Nov-1914	Theory of Germ Plasm

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Walther Bothe	Physicist	8-Jan-1891	8-Feb-1957	Coincidence method
Carl Remigius Fresenius	Chemist	28-Dec-1818	11-Jun-1897	Anleitung zur qualitativen chemischen Analyse
Justus Liebig	Chemist	12-May-1803	18-Apr-1873	Reformed pedagogy of chemistry
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen	Physicist	27-Mar-1845	10-Feb-1923	Discovered X-Rays
Wilhelm Wien	Physicist	13-Jan-1864	30-Aug-1928	Blackbody radiation

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