So, I know that I should be humble and not brag too much about my sheer genius, but...I must.
My impact is that of my discoveries. By discovering paper chromatography, I have helped crime investigators. By discovering caffeine, I pretty much helped everyone out there who is tired and goes to coffee to solve it.
My impact hasn't been as obvious as say, Alfred Nobel or George Washington Carver, but I have a plaque in Oranienburg commemorating my achievements.
And now, we have come to the end of the journey. If you have learned only one thing from this entire blog, I hope that is would be that one should never, ever, ever call me Friedlob.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Experiments of F. Runge
I discovered caffeine. It's true. I also discovered paper chromatography. But that's another story.
The way that I discovered caffeine was, after my good buddy Johann Wolfgang von Goethe encouraged me to analyze coffee, I did. It was a very grueling process, one that lasted several months. I had to look at coffee under a microscope, and do lots of analytical chemistry. Unfortunately, the Internet doesn't really expound on what went down, and I can't really remember what I did, so that's about as much as I can share with you...sorry.
The way that I discovered caffeine was, after my good buddy Johann Wolfgang von Goethe encouraged me to analyze coffee, I did. It was a very grueling process, one that lasted several months. I had to look at coffee under a microscope, and do lots of analytical chemistry. Unfortunately, the Internet doesn't really expound on what went down, and I can't really remember what I did, so that's about as much as I can share with you...sorry.
Geschichte von mir (History of Me)
Hello. I am Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, but you may call me Fried for short. I was born near Hamburg, Germany on the 8th of February, 1795. I am a German analytical chemist. I was pretty much a genius from a young age, conducting chemical experiments and serendipitously identifying the mydriatic effects of belladonna (deadly nightshade) extract. Yeah, I know. Too cool for school.
I studied chemistry in Jena and Berlin in the fatherland. I obtained my medical degree from the Univeristy of Jena in 1819 and then my doctorate from the University of Berlin in 1822. I then toured Europe for thee years, before settling down to teach chemistry at the university of Breslau until 1831.
After that, I worked for a chemical company until 1852, when I was dismissed by a resentful manager who was TOTALLY jealous of my skills and couldn't BEAR to be next to my glory. I did discover caffeine, after all.
Unfortunately, I died fifteen years later in poverty, in 1867 :( Some may say that it was because I never recovered from being fired from that chemical company, but I choose to believe that it was because of my dastardly haircut. It's probably also why I never married.
Anyways, please follow my blog about my experiments. I promise you will most likely learn from my genius.
I studied chemistry in Jena and Berlin in the fatherland. I obtained my medical degree from the Univeristy of Jena in 1819 and then my doctorate from the University of Berlin in 1822. I then toured Europe for thee years, before settling down to teach chemistry at the university of Breslau until 1831.
After that, I worked for a chemical company until 1852, when I was dismissed by a resentful manager who was TOTALLY jealous of my skills and couldn't BEAR to be next to my glory. I did discover caffeine, after all.
Unfortunately, I died fifteen years later in poverty, in 1867 :( Some may say that it was because I never recovered from being fired from that chemical company, but I choose to believe that it was because of my dastardly haircut. It's probably also why I never married.
Anyways, please follow my blog about my experiments. I promise you will most likely learn from my genius.
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