Historedia
Person

C. R. Alder Wright

Events
1
Episodes
1
Years
1874

Every event in Historedia whose sources name C. R. Alder Wright, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. C. R. Alder Wright synthesizes diamorphine

    1874

    Role: English chemist

    1. 1874 · St Mary's Hospital, LondonFirst Synthesis of Diamorphine

      C. R. Alder Wright synthesized diamorphine in 1874 at St Mary's Hospital, London, by boiling anhydrous morphine alkaloid with acetic anhydride.

Sources

  1. Charles Romley Alder Wright Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-29