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Born in Germany.
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Studied Chemistry with Friedrich Stromeyer.
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obtained the Ph.D. degree
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He traveled in Germany, France, and Austria were he met Friedrich Runge, Justus von Liebig, and Eilhard Mitscherlich
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Became a lecturer at Göttingen and began experimental studies of the (in)solubility of metal salts of arsenous acid.
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Bunsen created the Bunsen cell battery
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Bunsen became a full professor at University of Marburg.
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Bunsen accepted a professorship at the University of Breslau, there he tought for 3 semesters
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Laboratory assistant, Peter Desaga and Robert Bunsen had invented the Bunsen burner.
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Bunsen was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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Retired at the age of 78, worked solely to geology and mineralogy, an interest which he had pursued throughout his career.
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Died in Germany. (homeland)