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Rainer Ludwig Claisen

German chemist best known for his work with condensations of carbonyls and sigmatropic rearrangements (1851–1930).

Born January 14th, 1851 in Cologne.

Died January 5th, 1930 at 78 years old in Bad Godesberg.

Occupations
chemist, university teacher

Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel