Johan Kjeldahl, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Johan Kjeldahl

Danish chemist

Date of Birth: 16-Aug-1849

Place of Birth: Jægerspris Municipality, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

Date of Death: 18-Jul-1900

Profession: chemist

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Johan Gustav Christoffer Thorsager Kjeldahl (Danish pronunciation: [johæn 'k??ltæ??l] 16 August 1849 – 18 July 1900), was a Danish chemist who developed a method for determining the amount of nitrogen in certain organic compounds using a laboratory technique which was named the Kjeldahl method after him.