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German chemist
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Place of birth
Bonn, Cologne Government Region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Place of death
Dömitz, Ludwigslust-Parchim District, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany
Age
62 years
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Friedrich Georg Carl (Friedrich) Gaedcke (5 June 1828 – 19 September 1890) was a German chemist. He was the first person to isolate the cocaine alkaloid which happened in 1855.
Gaedcke named the alkaloid “erythroxyline,” and published a description in the journal Archiv der Pharmazie.
Gaedcke worked in a pharmacy in Rostock and studied in Rostock between 1850 and 1851. In 1856, he took over a pharmacy in Dömitz which he ran for 34 years.
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