friedrich konrad beilstein

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born Feb. 17, 1838, St. Petersburg, Russia died Oct. 18, 1906, St. Petersburg Russian chemist. From 1866 to his retirement he taught at St. Petersburg's Technical Institute. His Handbuch der organischen Chemie ("Handbook of Organic Chemistry"; 1st ed., 1880-83) fully described 15,000 organic compounds. The fourth edition (27 vol., 1937) is periodically supplemented, and remains indispensable for workers in organic chemistry