--- title: "4 August Wilhelm von Hofmann Quotes - Famous Chemist" description: "August Wilhelm von Hofmann was a German chemist who made considerable contributions to organic chemistry. Browse 4 August Wilhelm von Hofmann quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-august-wilhelm-von-hofmann-15643.jpg" --- ![Portrait of August Wilhelm von Hofmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-august-wilhelm-von-hofmann-15643.jpg) # August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818–1892) Chemist **4** quotes in **40** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet August Wilhelm von Hofmann was a chemist. ## Quick Facts About August Wilhelm von Hofmann Born April 8, 1818 Died May 5, 1892 Profession Chemist Notable works Einleitung in die moderne Chemie: nach einer Reihe von Vorträgen gehalten in dem Royal College of Chemistry zu London. ## About August Wilhelm von Hofmann August Wilhelm von Hofmann was a German chemist who made considerable contributions to organic chemistry. His research on aniline helped lay the basis of the aniline-dye industry, and his research on coal tar laid the groundwork for his student Charles Mansfield's practical methods for extracting benzene and toluene and converting them into nitro compounds and amines. Hofmann's discoveries include formaldehyde, hydrazobenzene, the isonitriles, and allyl alcohol. He prepared three ethylamines and tetraethylammonium compounds and established their structural relationship to ammonia. ## Quotes by August Wilhelm von Hofmann > [Instead of disbursing her annual millions for these dye stuffs, England will, beyond question, at no distant day become herself the greatest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-wilhelm-von-hofmann/instead-of-disbursing-her-annual-millions-for-these-dye-stuffs/) [August Wilhelm von Hofmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-wilhelm-von-hofmann/) [Annuals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/annuals/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b1/august-wilhelm-von-hofmann-683_annuals_instead-of-disbursing-her-annual-million_998852.jpg) > [“People have wracked their brains for an explanation of benzene and how the celebrated man, August Kekulé , managed to come up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-wilhelm-von-hofmann/people-have-wracked-their-brains-for-an-explanation-of-benzene-and/) [August Wilhelm Von Hofmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-wilhelm-von-hofmann/) [Agricultural](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agricultural/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93b/august-wilhelm-von-hofmann-683_agricultural_people-have-wracked-their-brains-for-an_1194692.jpg) > [I will listen to any hypothesis but on one condition-that you show me a method by which it can be tested.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-wilhelm-von-hofmann/i-will-listen-to-any-hypothesis-but-on-one-condition-that-you-show-me/) [August Wilhelm von Hofmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-wilhelm-von-hofmann/) [Conditions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conditions/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de5/august-wilhelm-von-hofmann-683_conditions_i-will-listen-to-any-hypothesis-but-on-o_2227085.png) > [I would trade all my experimental works for the single idea of the benzene theory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-wilhelm-von-hofmann/i-would-trade-all-my-experimental-works-for-the-single-idea-of-the/) [August Wilhelm von Hofmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-wilhelm-von-hofmann/) [Benzene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/benzene-18455/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/304/august-wilhelm-von-hofmann-683_benzene_i-would-trade-all-my-experimental-works_2296765.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-wilhelm-von-hofmann/#itemlist", "name": "August Wilhelm von Hofmann Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Instead of disbursing her annual millions for these dye stuffs, England will, beyond question, at no distant day become herself the greatest coloring producing country in the world; nay, by the very strangest of revolutions she may ere long send her coal-derived blues to indigo-growing India, her tar-distilled crimson to cochineal-producing Mexico, and her fossil substitutes for quercitron and safflower to China, Japan and the other countries whence these articles are now derived.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "August Wilhelm von Hofmann" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-wilhelm-von-hofmann/instead-of-disbursing-her-annual-millions-for-these-dye-stuffs/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b1/august-wilhelm-von-hofmann-683_annuals_instead-of-disbursing-her-annual-million_998852.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b1/august-wilhelm-von-hofmann-683_annuals_instead-of-disbursing-her-annual-million_998852.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b1/august-wilhelm-von-hofmann-683_annuals_instead-of-disbursing-her-annual-million_998852.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Instead of disbursing her annual millions for these dye stuffs, England will, beyond question, at no distant…” — August Wilhelm von Hofmann", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“People have wracked their brains for an explanation of benzene and how the celebrated man, August Kekulé , managed to come up with the concept of the benzene theory. 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