The scientist we are looking for this time was an academic trailblazer in their country. They were born into a German-speaking family in Finland in the mid-1800s, in a town in today’s Russia. They studied chemistry in Switzerland and obtained a doctoral degree, but our chemist was not able to further pursue a career as a scientist due to societal circumstances.

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• The Guess the Chemist answer will be published on May 15, 2024.
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