Felix Hoppe-Seyler

Ernst Felix Immanuel Hoppe-Seyler ( Felix Hoppe; 26 December 1825 – 10 August 1895) was a German physiologist and chemist, and the principal founder of the disciplines of biochemistry and molecular biology. He had discovered Yeast nucleic acid which is now called RNA in his attempts to follow up and confirm Miescher's results by repeating parts of Miescher's experiments

Felix Hoppe-Seyler
Felix Hoppe-Seyler
Born
Ernst Felix Immanuel Hoppe

(1825-12-26)26 December 1825
Freyburg (Unstrut), Kreis Weißenfels, Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation
Died10 August 1895(1895-08-10) (aged 69)
Wasserburg am Bodensee, Bezirksamt Lindau, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
NationalityGerman
Alma mater
Scientific career
Fieldsphysiology
chemistry
Institutions
  • Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
  • Leipzig University
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