William Henry Perkin studied and worked at the college under von Hofmann, but resigned his position after discovering the first synthetic dye, mauveine, fl 1856.
William Henry Perkin ສຶກສາແລະເຮັດວຽກຢູ່ວິທະຍາໄລພາຍໃຕ້ von Hofmann ໄດ້, ແຕ່ໄດ້ລາອອກຕໍາແຫນ່ງຂອງຕົນຫລັງຈາກທີ່ພົບໃນສີຍ້ອມຜ້າສັງເຄາະຄັ້ງທໍາອິດ, mauveine, ໃນ 1856.