Friedrich Sertürner

Friedrich Wilhelm Adam Sertürner was a German pharmacist and a pioneer of alkaloid chemistry. He is best known for his discovery of morphine, which he isolated from opium in 1804, and for conducting tests, including on himself, to evaluate its physiological effects.

19 June 1783

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Born in the same month (June 1783): Johann Heinrich von Thünen