Alexander Dianin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAlexander Dianin
Russian chemist
Date of Birth: 08-Apr-1851
Place of Birth: Vladimir Governorate
Date of Death: 06-Dec-1918
Profession: chemist
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Alexander Dianin
- Alexander Pavlovich Dianin (Russian: ????????? ???????? ??????; April 20, 1851 – December 6, 1918) was a Russian chemist from Saint Petersburg.
- He carried out studies on phenols and discovered a phenol derivative now known as bisphenol A and the accordingly named Dianin's compound.
- He was married to the adopted daughter of fellow chemist Alexander Borodin.
- In 1887, Dianin succeeded his father-in-law as chair of the Chemistry Department at the Imperial Medical-Surgical Academy in St.
- Petersburg (now the S.M.
- Kirov Military Medical Academy).
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