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Also Known As Robert Wilhelm Bunsen
Born March 30, 1811 • Göttingen • Germany
Died August 16, 1899 (aged 88) • Heidelberg • Germany
Awards And Honors Copley Medal (1860)
Inventions photometer • calorimeter
Subjects Of Study arsenic poisoning • cesium • rubidium • spectroscopy

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