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February 8, 1928
Theodor Curtius, German chemist (born 1857)
Theodor Curtius
Geheimrat Julius Wilhelm Theodor Curtius was professor of Chemistry at Heidelberg University and elsewhere. He published the Curtius rearrangement in 1890/1894 and also discovered diazoacetic acid, hydrazine and hydrazoic acid.In 1882 he carried out the first ever peptide synthesis, creating the N-protected dipeptide, benzoylglycylglycine
February 8
February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 326 days remain until the end of the year.