1800–1882
Friedrich Wöhler
German chemist
82years old at death
30,004days lived
76%of the people on this site died younger
Friedrich Wöhler was born on 31 July 1800 and died on 23 September 1882, aged 82 years and 54 days. That is 30,004 days in all.
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