| Authorised form of name | Baeyer; Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von (1835 - 1917) |
| Other forms of name | Adolf Johann Friedrich Wilhelm von |
| Dates | 1835 - 1917 |
| Nationality | German |
| Place of birth | Berlin, Germany |
| Date of birth | 31 October 1835 |
| Place of death | Starnberg, Oberbayern, Germany |
| Date of death | 20/08/1917 |
| Research field | Chemistry |
| Activity | Education:
Pupil of Bunsen (For Mem RS 1858) and Kekule (For Mem RS 1875)
Career:
Professor of Chemistry, Strasbourg (1871); Professor of Chemistry, Munich (1875)
Medals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Chemistry) 1905 |
| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 10/12/1885 |
| Royal Society activity | Medals and prizes:
Davy Medal 1881 |
| Relationships | Son of Johann Jacob von Baeyer, chief of the Berlin Geodetical Institute; first person to prepare indigo synthetically |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB |
| Royal Society code | NA6255 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| MS/373/1/16 | Letter from Adolf Baeyer, Munich, to [Thomas Edward Thorpe] | 28 May 1890 |
| NLB/54/746 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 10 September 1917 |
| NLB/54/851 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [William Henry] Perkin, FRS | 19 October 1917 |
| EC/1885/18 | Baeyer, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |