Lazăr Edeleanu
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Lazăr Edeleanu, Romanian chemist and inventor | |
| Born | 1 September 1861 |
| Died | 7 April 1941 (aged 79) Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania |
| Alma mater | University of Berlin |
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| Fields | Chemistry |
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| Thesis | About some derivatives of phenyl methacrylic acid and phenyl isobutyric acid (1887) |
| Doctoral advisor | August Wilhelm von Hofmann |
Lazăr Edeleanu (Romanian: [ˈlazər edeˈle̯anu]; 1 September 1861, Bucharest – 7 April 1941, Bucharest) 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.