Constantin Fahlberg

Cenotaph for Constantin Fahlberg in Magdeburg, Germany

Signature of Constantin Fahlberg

Constantin Fahlberg (*22 December 1850 in Tambov, (Russia); † 15th of August 1910 in Nassau) (Germany)) discovered the sweet taste of anhydroorthosulphaminebenzoic acid in 1877/78 when analysing the chemical compounds in coal tar at Johns Hopkins University for Professor Ira Remsen (1846–1927). Later Fahlberg gave this chemical "body" the trade name Saccharin.

External links

• U.S. Patent 326,281, U.S. Patent 496,112, U.S. Patent 496,113 and U.S. Patent 564,784. Four patents by Fahlberg on the synthesis of saccharin.

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Name	Fahlberg, Constantin
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Date of birth	1850
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Date of death	1910
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