Carl Gustav Guckelberger

Carl Gustav Guckelberger
Born 1820
Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg
Died August 9, 1902
near Kassel, Germany
Nationality German
Alma mater University of Gießen
Doctoral advisor Justus von Liebig

Carl Gustav Guckelberger ( 1820 – August 9, 1902) was a German chemist.

Life

Guckelsberger worked in a pharmacy in Stuttgart, but started studying chemistry with Hermann von Fehling, also in Stuttgart, for two semesters. With the recommendation of Fehling, Guckelsberger joined the laboratory of Justus von Liebig at the University of Gießen, where he received his Ph.D. In the 1850s he started working at a paper factory near Großalmerode. He retired in 1867 and lived near Kassel the rest of his life.

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