Viktor Meyer

Viktor Meyer
Viktor Meyer
Born	8 September 1848 Berlin, Germany
Died	8 August 1897(1897-08-08) (aged 48) Heidelberg, Germany
Alma mater	University of Heidelberg
Spouse	Hedwig Davidson
Awards	Davy Medal (1891)
Scientific career
Institutions	Polytechnikum of Stuttgart, Polytechnikum of Zurich, University of Heidelberg, University of Göttingen
Doctoral advisor	Robert Bunsen, Emil Erlenmeyer
Doctoral students	Traugott Sandmeyer, Wilhelm Michler, Max Bodenstein, Heinrich Biltz, Jocelyn Field Thorpe

Viktor Meyer (8 September 1848 – 8 August 1897) was a German chemist and significant contributor to both organic and inorganic chemistry. He is best known for inventing an apparatus for determining vapour densities, the Viktor Meyer apparatus, and for discovering thiophene, a heterocyclic compound. He is sometimes referred to as Victor Meyer, a name used in some of his publications.