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25 december 1904 braunschweig , germany breslau , germany german organic chemistry july 31 , 1855 germany guido bodländer.jpg guido bodländer
 guido bodländer
guido bodländer

guido bodländer -lrb- 31 july 1855 -- 25 december 1904 -rrb- was a german chemist .
after graduating from the university of breslau in 1882 , he became an assistant to moritz traube -lrb- 1826-1894 -rrb- in his laboratory at breslau .
afterwards , he served as a pharmacology assistant in bonn -lrb- 1883 -- 86 -rrb- and later worked at the mineralogical instiute in clausthal -lrb- 1887 -- 1899 -rrb- .
from 1897 to 1899 he worked at the institute of physical chemistry in göttingen , and in 1899 became a professor of chemistry in braunschweig .
he was in line to succeed walther nernst -lrb- 1864-1941 -rrb- as chair of physical chemistry at the university of göttingen , however bodländer died at the age of 49 prior to attaining the position .
with richard abegg -lrb- 1869-1910 -rrb- , he introduced a theory of `` electo-affinity '' .
also , he is credited with the invention of a `` gasgravimeter '' -lrb- gas gravimeter -rrb- .
