Friedrich Konrad Beilstein, was a Russian chemist and founder of the famous Handbuch der organischen Chemie. 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... Wikipedia
Born: February 17, 1838, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: October 18, 1906 (age 68 years), Saint Petersburg, Russia