Rudolf Schmitt

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Rudolf Schmitt
Born August 5, 1830(1830-08-05)
Wippershain , Germany
Died February 18, 1898 (aged 67)
Radebeul, Germany
Nationality German
Institutions Dresden University of Technology
Alma mater University of Marburg
Doctoral advisor Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe
Doctoral students Richard Seifert
Known for Kolbe-Schmitt reaction

Rudolf Schmitt (August 5, 1830 – February 18, 1962) was a German chemist who together with Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe disovered the Kolbe-Schmitt reaction.

[edit] Reference

  • (German) Karin Fischer. Sächsische Biography. Institut für Sächsische Geschichte und Volkskunde e.V..
  • Ernst von Meyer (1898). "Zur Erinnerung an Rudolf Schmitt". Journal für Praktische Chemie 57 (1): 397 – 408. doi:10.1002/prac.18980570130. 
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