Historedia
Person

Friedrich Gaedcke

Events
1
Episodes
1
Years
1855

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Friedrich Gaedcke, 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. Friedrich Gaedcke first isolates the cocaine alkaloid

    1855

    Role: Chemist

    1. 1855 · Unspecified laboratory locationIsolation of Erythroxyline

      Friedrich Gaedcke isolated the cocaine alkaloid, naming it 'erythroxyline', and published his results in 1855.

Sources

  1. Friedrich Gaedcke Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-29