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Robert Bunsen

1811-03-30 – 1899-08-16

Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, 1852–1889 Professor für Chemie in HeidelbergCredit: Unknown

Life & Legacy

Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen (German: [ˈʁoːbɛʁt ˈbʊnzn̩];
30 March 1811
– 16 August 1899) was a German chemist. He investigated emission spectra of heated elements, and discovered caesium in 1860 and rubidium in 1861 with the physicist Gustav Kirchhoff. The Bunsen–Kirchhoff Award for spectroscopy is named after Bunsen and Kirchhoff.
Bunsen also developed several gas-analytical methods, was a pioneer in photochemistry, and did early work in the field of organic arsenic chemistry. With his laboratory assistant Peter Desaga, he developed the Bunsen burner, an improvement on the laboratory burners then in use.

Occupation & Career

chemist, physicist, inventor, university teacher, teacher, experimentalist, naturalist

Education

University of Göttingen; Frederick William University Berlin; University of Vienna

Faith & Community

Protestantism

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Davy Medal; Copley Medal; Albert Medal; Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order; Helmholtz Medal; Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art; Foreign Member of the Royal Society; honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Albert Medal · Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art · Copley Medal · Davy Medal · Foreign Member of the Royal Society · Helmholtz Medal · honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) · Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order

Church

Protestantism

Employer

Heidelberg University · Höhere Gewerbeschule Kassel · University of Göttingen · University of Marburg · University of Wrocław

Organizations & Memberships

Académie Nationale de Médecine · Academy of Sciences of Turin · Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei · Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL · American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Association for Natural History in the Duchy of Nassau · Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities · French Academy of Sciences · German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina · Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony · Hungarian Academy of Sciences · National Academy of Sciences · Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences · Royal Society of London · Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences · Russian Academy of Sciences · Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences