Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge? The first person to analyze coffee and to isolate and identify Caffine
From InfoGalactic:
Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge
Friedlieb (or Friedlob, occasionally misnamed as "Friedrich") Ferdinand Runge (born near Hamburg on 8 February 1795, died in Oranienburg on 25 March 1867) was a German analytical chemist.
Runge conducted chemical experiments from a young age, serendipitously identifying the mydriatic effects of belladonna (deadly nightshade) extract.
In 1819, he demonstrated his finding to Goethe, who encouraged him to analyse coffee. A few months later, Runge identified caffeine.
A saint in my pantheon. No relation to the brilliant mathemetician Carl David Tolmé Runge
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