Fritz Hofmann (chemist)

Fritz Hofmann (Friedrich Carl Albert) (2 November 1866 in Kölleda – 22 October 1956 in Hanover) was a German organic chemist who first synthesized synthetic rubber.

Hofmann studied chemistry in Rostock. On September 12, 1909, he filed a patent for the manufacture of the world's first synthetic rubber.

Honors

 * In 1912, Hofmann received the Emil Fischer Medal from the German Chemical Society for his research on synthetic rubber.