"Finnish chemist" . "Gustaf Komppa (1867 in Viipuri \u2013 20 January 1949 in Helsinki) was a Finnish chemist best known for a world-first in commercializing total synthesis, that of camphor in 1903.Komppa was born in Viipuri in 1867. He graduated from the University of Helsinki in 1891 and subsequently worked for a while in Switzerland before obtaining his Ph.D. Shortly after returning to Finland he became the professor of chemistry at the Helsinki University of Technology."@en . . "1949-01-20Z"^^ . "1867Z"^^ . "1949Z"^^ . "Komppa, Gustaf"@en . . .