Robert Wilhelm Bunsen

n. Robert Bunsen (1811-1899), German chemist, inventor of the Bunsen burner

Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen (31 March, 1811 –  16 August, 1899) was a German chemist. With his laboratory assistant, Peter Desaga, he developed the Bunsen burner. Bunsen also worked on emission spectroscopy of heated elements, and with Gustav Kirchhoff he discovered the elements cesium and rubidium. Bunsen developed several gas-analytical methods, he was a pioneer in photochemistry, and he did early work in the field of organoarsenic chemistry.
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Noun
1. German chemist who with Kirchhoff pioneered spectrum analysis but is remembered mainly for his invention of the Bunsen burner (1811-1899)
(synonym) Bunsen, Robert Bunsen
(hypernym) chemist