death_date nationality field birth_date prizes article_title name
1803 irish chemistry mineralogist 1727 copley medal -lrb- 1768 -rrb- peter woulfe
 peter woulfe
peter woulfe

peter woulfe -lrb- 1727 -- 1803 -rrb- was an irish chemist and mineralogist .
he first had the idea that wolframite might contain a previously undiscovered element -lrb- tungsten -rrb- .
in 1779 , woulfe reported the formation of a yellow dye when indigo was treated with nitric acid .
later it was discovered by others that he had formed picric acid , which eventually was used as the first synthetic dye , an explosive and an antiseptic treatment for burns .
woulfe is credited with inventing the woulfe bottle , a kind of wash bottle with two or three necks .
