Robert Bunsen, the youngest of four sons was born on March 30, 1811 in Gottingen, Germany. Robert resided with his father, Christian Bunsen, a librarian at Gottingen university, and a professor of modern languages, and his mother.

He attended elementary and high school in his hometown of Gottingen. When he was just 15 years old, he started going to a grammar school in Holzminden, Germany. At 17, he started his work for a degree from the university his father worked at. He took chemistry, physics and math to work toward his degree. He was only 19 when he earned a PhD in chemistry. He stayed in Germany until he gained a scholarship to travel Throughout England. He learned many new techniques from scientists all around.

Robert Bunsen made many …show more content…
He did deadly research by standing right next to the big geysers and when they were not active he would lower a homemade tool down into the bottom of the geyser. He discoversed that at the bottom of geysers were big reservoirs of very hot water that well exceed 100 degrees C. He found that the reason the water stayed in liquid form was because of the harsh amount of pressure down below. "As the water rises from below, the pressure drops and the water begin to boil really hard, causing a geyser."

Probably one of Robert bunsens most famous inventions were the Bunsen burner. "Scientists way before bouncing knew that if you sprinkled a sample of a substance into a flame, the color you saw helped you identify chemical elements in the sample". Bunsen wanted to make something that could make this test a little bit easier. He knew that exposing air into gas in the right proportion before it burns would make a clear, soot free flame that you could test your substance with.

One very unique fact about Bunsen was that he did not want to make any profits from science. An example would be with his Bunsen burner. He published the design, but did not patent it. He believed that the awards of just doing it were enough and that he did not need money for doing your