Google celebrates with scribble the birth of Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, the German chemist who discovered caffeine

Google he dedicates his doodle, on the occasion of the 225th anniversary of his birth, to Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, the German chemist who discovered caffeine.

The scientist was born near Hamburg, February 8, 1795, died in Oranienburg on March 25, 1867. He was raised in a Lutheran family and his father was a pastor.

Since his childhood, he has shown a love for chemistry. As a teenager, he begins his first experiences. One of these tests was with the extract of the Belladonna plant; A drop splattered one eye and dilated it.

While studying chemistry in the University of JenaRunge showed the effects of the belladonna to the scientist and poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who, impressed by the discovery of the young man, handed him a bag coffee so that he studies his composition.

Then he entered the University of Berlin, where he obtained a doctorate. He continued his career in academia and research at the University of Breslau, where he taught until 1831.

Later, he tried his luck at a chemical company, where he invented a new tar dye that revolutionized the process of dyeing clothes. However, he was fired and died in poverty fifteen years later.

Among his discoveries include aniline blue dye, quinoline, paper chromatography, atropine, pyrrole, phenol and thymol.