Lazăr Edeleanu
Romanian chemist
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Lazăr Edeleanu was a Romanian chemist of Jewish origin. He is known for being the first chemist to synthesize amphetamine at the University of Berlin and for inventing the modern method of refining crude oil. Wikipedia
Born: September 1, 1861, Bucharest, Romania
Died: April 7, 1941 (age 79 years), Bucharest, Romania
Education: Sfântul Sava National College and Humboldt University of Berlin
Academic advisor: August Wilhelm von Hofmann
Thesis: About some derivatives of phenyl methacrylic acid and phenyl isobutyric acid (1887)