Hans Hübner (13 October 1837, in

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– 4 July 1884, in

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) was a German

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. He was the son of painter Julius Hübner (1806–1882). He studied chemistry at the

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, receiving his doctorate in 1859 with a dissertation on

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. Following graduation, he continued his education at the

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with

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and at the

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under

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. In 1863 he obtained his

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at Göttingen, where from 1864 he worked as an assistant at the institute of chemistry under

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. In 1870 he became an associate professor, followed by a full professorship in 1874. In 1882 he succeeded Wöhler as director of the chemistry institute at the university.Hübner, Hans
at

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With Friedrich Konrad Beilstein and Rudolph Fittig, he was editor of the journal ''Zeitschrift für Chemie'' (1865–71).Handbuch der organischen Chemie, Volume 1
by F.K. Beilstein

Selected writings

* 1870 : ''Über die Stellung der Wasserstoffatome im Benzol'' (with J. Alsberg). * 1871 : ''Untersuchungen über Glycerin- und Alkylverbindungen und ihre gegenseitigen Beziehungen'' (with Karl Müller). * 1873 : ''Über isomere Dinitrophenole'' (with Werner Schneider). * 1873 : ''Über Bromtoluole und Verhalten ihrer Wasserstoffatome'' (with J. Post). * 1879 : ''Nitrosalicylsäuren und die Isomerien der Benzolabkömmlinge''. * 1881 : ''Anhydroverbindungen''.

References

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