Robert Wilhelm Bunsen 1811 - 1899
- occupation:
- Chemist
- Nationality:
- German
- born in:
- Göttingen, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany
lecturer at Göttingen University whose chemical researches included electrolysis with in conjunction with Roscoe & Kirchoff. Best remembered today as the inventor of the gas burner that bears his name.