Augustus Wilhelm Hofmann F.R.S.

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Timeline

Date	Details
1818	Borth 8th April at Giessen, Germany
1845-1865	Professor of Chemistry, Royal Holloway College of Chemistry (Royal School of Mines 1883-)
1851	F.R.S.
1854	Royal Medal.
1855	Warden at the Royal Mint.
1864	Professor of Chemistry, Berlin.
1875	Copley Medal.
1892	Died 8th April at Berlin.

Biographies and obituaries

Dictionary of Scientific Biography v.6 p. 461.

August Wilhelm von Hofmann — Wikipedia article

Publications

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BGS archives

Ref No	Title	Description
GSM/DC/A/C/8/45,57,60	E Frankland: Letter on replacing Hoffman.