Karl Johann Freudenberg
Encyclopedia
Karl Johann Freudenberg FMRS (29 January 1886 Weinheim
, Baden
- 3 April 1983 Weinheim
) was a German chemist
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He studied at Bonn University in 1904, and the University of Berlin from 1907 to 1910, where he studied with Emil Fischer
. In July 1910, he married Doris Nieden; they had five children.
He was a professor at University of Freiburg
in 1921, at Heidelberg University in 1922, at Karlsruhe University from 1926 to 1956, and director of the Research Institute for the Chemistry from 1936 to 1969.
Weinheim
Weinheim is a town in the north west of the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany with 43 000 inhabitants, approximately 15 km north of Heidelberg and 10 km northeast of Mannheim. Together with these cities, it makes up the Rhine-Neckar triangle...
, Baden
Baden
Baden is a historical state on the east bank of the Rhine in the southwest of Germany, now the western part of the Baden-Württemberg of Germany....
- 3 April 1983 Weinheim
Weinheim
Weinheim is a town in the north west of the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany with 43 000 inhabitants, approximately 15 km north of Heidelberg and 10 km northeast of Mannheim. Together with these cities, it makes up the Rhine-Neckar triangle...
) was a German chemist
Chemist
A chemist is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density and acidity. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the level of molecules and their component atoms...
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Life
His grandfather Carl Johann Freudenberg was a tanner and businessman, who in 1849, with Heinrich Christian Heintze, founded Freudenberg ITFreudenberg IT
Freudenberg IT is a global IT Solutions Company specializing in SAP consulting, outsourcing, manufacturing execution system & managed hosting. It is part of the Freudenberg Group of companies which is a family owned enterprise. The group has a history starting in the year 1849. Freudenberg IT...
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He studied at Bonn University in 1904, and the University of Berlin from 1907 to 1910, where he studied with Emil Fischer
Emil Fischer
Emil Fischer may refer to:* Emil Fischer , German dramatic basso* Franz Joseph Emil Fischer , German chemist, worked with oil and coal* Hermann Emil Fischer , German Nobel laureate in chemistry...
. In July 1910, he married Doris Nieden; they had five children.
He was a professor at University of Freiburg
University of Freiburg
The University of Freiburg , sometimes referred to in English as the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.The university was founded in 1457 by the Habsburg dynasty as the...
in 1921, at Heidelberg University in 1922, at Karlsruhe University from 1926 to 1956, and director of the Research Institute for the Chemistry from 1936 to 1969.
Works
- Chemie der natürlichen Gerbstoffe (1920)
- Stereochemie (1933)
- Tannin, Cellulose, Lignin (1933)
External links
- "Carl Johann Freudenberg", German wikipedia
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0690(199903)1999:3%3C707::AID-EJOC707%3E3.0.CO;2-R/abstract