Baeyer
ADOLF VON (bã'yer), a German chemist, born in Berlin, Oct. 31, 1835; became Professor of Chemistry at BAEZA Strasburg in 1872, and at Munich, in 1875, succeeding Liebig at Munich. He made many important discoveries in organic chemistry, especially cerulein, eosin and indol, and discovered a process of making artificial indigo. In 1905 he was awarded the Nobel prize for chemistry.
He died in 1917.
BAEZA (bä-ä'tha), a town, Spain, in Andalusia, 22 miles E. N. E. from Jaën.
Pop. about 17,500. The principal edifices are the cathedral, the university (now suppressed), and the old monastery of St. Philip de Neri.