▁Doctor ▁ ▁of ▁ ▁Medicine , ▁ ▁S urg ery , ▁ ▁and ▁ ▁Ob st et rics ▁at ▁Heidel berg ▁University , ▁having ▁been ▁taught ▁in ▁the ▁labor atory ▁of ▁Leopold ▁G mel in . ▁ ▁G mel in ▁encourag ed ▁him ▁to ▁focus ▁on ▁chem istry , ▁and ▁ ▁arranged ▁for ▁him ▁to ▁work ▁under ▁J ö ns ▁Jakob ▁Ber zel ius ▁in ▁Stockholm , ▁Sweden . ▁ ▁From ▁ 1 8 2 6 ▁to ▁ 1 8 3 1 ▁W oh ler ▁taught ▁chem istry ▁at ▁the ▁Poly techn ic ▁School ▁in ▁Berlin , ▁and ▁from ▁ 1 8 3 1 ▁until ▁ 1 8 3 6 ▁he ▁taught ▁at ▁the ▁Poly techn ic ▁School ▁at ▁K ass el . ▁In ▁the ▁spring ▁of ▁ 1 8 3 6 ▁he ▁became ▁Friedrich ▁St rom ey er ' s ▁successor ▁as ▁Ord inary ▁Professor ▁of ▁Chem istry ▁in ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Gött ingen , ▁where ▁he ▁remained ▁until ▁his ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 2 . ▁In ▁ 1 8 3 4 , ▁he ▁was ▁elected ▁a ▁foreign ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Royal ▁Swedish ▁Academy ▁of ▁Sciences . ▁ ▁Cont ribution s ▁to ▁chem istry ▁ ▁In organ ic ▁chem istry ▁W öh ler ▁was ▁known ▁for ▁being ▁a ▁co - dis cover er ▁of ▁b ery l li um , ▁sil icon ▁and ▁sil icon ▁nit ride , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁synth esis ▁of ▁calci um ▁car b ide , ▁among ▁others . ▁In ▁ 1 8 3 4