Lazăr Edeleanu

Lazăr Edeleanu
Lazăr Edeleanu
	Lazăr Edeleanu, Romanian chemist and inventor
Born	1 September 1861; Bucharest, United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
Died	7 April 1941 (aged 79); Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania
Alma mater	University of Berlin
Known for	Edeleanu process; Discovery of Amphetamine;
Awards	Member of the Society of Natural Sciences (1910); Honorary Member of the Institution of Petroleum Technologists (1925); Theophilus Redwood Medal (1932);
	Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry
Institutions	Royal College of Artillery; Vega Refinery; Allgemeine Gesellschaft für Chemische Industrie;
Thesis	About some derivatives of phenyl methacrylic acid and phenyl isobutyric acid (1887)
Doctoral advisor	August Wilhelm von Hofmann

Lazăr Edeleanu (Romanian: [ˈlazər edeˈle̯anu]; 1 September 1861, Bucharest – 7 April 1941, Bucharest) was a Romanian chemist of Jewish origin. He is known for being the first chemist to synthesize amphetamine at the University of Berlin and for inventing the modern method of refining crude oil.

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