Peter Woulfe [SEP] date of birth
Peter Woulfe
Peter Woulfe (1727 – 1803) was an Irish chemist and mineralogist. He first had the idea that wolframite might contain a previously undiscovered element (tungsten).
In 1771, Woulfe reported the formation of a yellow dye when indigo was treated with nitric acid. Later it was discovered by others that he had formed picric acid, which eventually was used as the first synthetic dye, an explosive and an antiseptic treatment for burns.
Woulfe is credited with inventing, ca. 1767, the Woulfe Bottle
Saint Petersburg.
Awards.
- Copley Medal: Peter Woulfe
Births.
- February 15 – Anthony Carlisle, English surgeon (died 1840)
- March 21 – Joseph Fourier, French mathematician (died 1830)
- March 22 – Bryan Donkin, English engineer and inventor (died 1855)
- July 18 – Jean-Robert Argand, French mathematician (died 1822)
- "date unknown"
- Edward Donovan, Anglo-Irish natural historian (died 1837)
- Amelia Griffiths