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  1. Friedrich Wohler

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    Early Life and Education
    Born in Eschersheim, near Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Wöhler displayed an early aptitude for the natural sciences. His father, Friedrich Ludewig Wöhler, was a civil servant who strongly encouraged his son's intellectual pursuits, providing access to early scientific literature.
    Wöhler initially studied medicine at the University of Heidelberg, beginning in 1820, where he was deeply influenced by the lectures of Leopold Gmelin. Gmelin, recognizing Wöhler's profound talent for chemical manipulation rather t…