German chemist
August Wilhelm von Hofmann was a German chemist, born on April 8, 1818, in Giessen, Germany . He held citizenship in Germany . Hofmann completed his education at the University of Göttingen . He passed away on May 5, 1892, in Berlin, Germany .
Hofmann was the founder of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, a German chemical society . One of his notable doctoral students was Otto Wallach .