page_title: List of artworks in the collection of the Royal Society of Chemistry
section_title: Augustus Wilhelm von Hofmann bust
hierarchical_section_title: List of artworks in the collection of the Royal Society of Chemistry / Augustus Wilhelm von Hofmann bust
caption_attribution_description: English: Bust of August Wilhelm von Hofmann, in the collection of the Royal Society of Chemistry, at it's Burlington House, London, headquarters. Deutsch: August Wilhelm (von) Hofmann (* 8. April 1818 in Gießen; † 5. Mai 1892 in Berlin) lebte in London 1845-1864
context_page_description: The Royal Society of Chemistry owns a number of significant artworks in its venue at Burlington House in London. The collection is composed of busts, paintings and other artefacts that were mainly acquired between the mid-19th and early 21st Centuries. Most of the acquisitions were donations from past members and staff, although a few were purchased directly by the Society.
context_section_description: The marble bust representing the German chemist August Wilhelm von Hofmann was introduced to the Chemical Society in 1876 by Mr James Duncan:
  In recording the gratitude of the Society to those Gentlemen, the name of another Fellow, Mr. James Duncan, must be included among the recipients of our thanks, for his gift of a very interesting and valuable bust of one of our most highly-esteemed Fellows and Past Presidents, Professor Hofmann, the presentation of which, so soon after the Society had the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Hofmann as Faraday Lecturer, has been peculiarly appropriate. It is to be hoped that this handsome gift of Mr. Duncan’s and the excellent photograph of the late Dr. Anderson, presented by his widow, will not long remain the only monumental records of this kind possessed by the Society, of eminent workers in chemical science, past and living.
  
  The inscription at the back 
  Joh. Pfuhl fec. Berlin 1875
   certifies that this artwork was created by the German sculptor Johannes Pfuhl in Berlin in 1875.
  Justus von Liebig's pupil and William Perkin's mentor, von Hofmann widely contributed to the development of the organic chemistry. He was a cofounder of the German Chemical Society and President of the Chemical Society between 1861 and 1863.
caption: Augustus Wilhelm von Hofmann bust – Burlington House
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