Portrait of Johannes Wislicenus (1835-1902). Wislicenus was a German organic chemist, known for his work in stereochemistry. He was a professor at the University of Zürich, the Swiss Polytechnical Institute, the…

August Wilhelm von Hofmann was born on April 8, 1818. He studied under Justus von Liebig (1803-1873) and was the mentor of Fritz Haber (1868-1934) and William Henry Perkin (1838-1907). He was an organic chemist…

Notes written by Georg Bredig (1868-1944) about fellow chemists.

Jacobus Henricus van’t Hoff (1852-1911) compliments Georg Bredig's (1868-1944) work.

Van't Hoff is considered to be one of the founding fathers of physical chemistry. In 1901 van’t Hoff received the first Nobel prize…

Jacobus Henricus van’t Hoff (1852-1911) asks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) if he knows who to contact about August Friedrich Horstmann's (1842-1929) curriculum vitae.

Van't Hoff is considered to be one of the founding…

Postcard from Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) to Georg Bredig (1868-1944) congratulating Bredig on the birth of his first born son, Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977). Arrhenius gives Bredig updates on his own travels and…

Photograph of the 1902 general meeting of the German Electrochemical Society held in Würzburg, Germany. In 1902 the name of the society changed to Deutsche Bunsen-Gesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie (German Bunsen…

Official diploma granting Georg Bredig (1868-1944) the Jubilee Medal awarded on April 25, 1902, the occasion of the 50th anniversary (the golden jubilee) of Grand Duke Friedrich I (1826-1907) assuming the throne of…

Jacobus Henricus van’t Hoff (1852-1911) tells Georg Bredig (1868-1944) about what he is currently working on.

Van't Hoff is considered to be one of the founding fathers of physical chemistry. In 1901 van’t Hoff…

Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) writes about completing his new book and what he wants to focus on when he is finished in the summer.

Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) congratulates Georg Bredig (1868-1944) by telegram.

Black and white photograph of scientists in a laboratory at the University of Leipzig . The scientists in the photograph are identified by an inscription beneath the photo as "Ernst" and Harry Wheeler Morse (1873-1936).

Black and white photograph of Max Bodenstein (1871-1942) in a laboratory at the University of Leipzig.

Bodenstein was a German physical chemist who is considered to be one of the founders of chemical kinetics. He was…

Black and white photograph depicting three men, two wearing lab coats and the other wearing a suit, hunched over their books in the library of the Physical Chemistry Institute at the University of Leipzig. The men are…

Ludwik Bruner (1843-1910), a physical chemist and a professor of chemistry at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland, thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for sending his habilitation thesis "Anorganische Fermente"…

Black and white photograph of scientists seated on stools in a laboratory at the University of Leipzig. The scientists pictured in the photograph are identified by an inscription written beneath the photo as (seated…

Photograph of two scientists working at their respective benches in a laboratory at the University of Leipzig. Identified by an inscription beneath the photograph, pictured at left is Alwin Mittash (1869-1953) and on…

Certificate of Georg Bredig's (1868-1944) lifelong membership to the Leipzig Chemical Society.

Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) comments on Walther Nernst's (1864-1941) upcoming publication and how it compares to Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932) and Jacobus Henricus "Henry" van 't Hoff Jr.'s (1852-1911) current work.…

Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom (1854-1907) sends congratulatory remarks to Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for his new position as the first professor of physical chemistry at the University of Heidelberg. Roozeboom was a…

Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) congratulates Georg Bredig (1868-1944) on his new position as the first associate professor of physical chemistry at the University of Heidelberg. Arrhenius continues to describe a…

Postcard written by Richard Abegg (1869-1910) to Georg Bredig (1868-1944) which mentions Franz Rohmann (1856-1919). Abegg was a German physical chemist known for his work in valence theory which led to the later octet…