Josef Redtenbacher
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Josef Redtenbacher (1810-1870)
Josef Redtenbacher (March 13, 1810 – March 5, 1870) was an Austrian chemist born in Kirchdorf an der Krems, Upper Austria.[1][2][3][4][5] He was a brother to entomologist Ludwig Redtenbacher (1814-1876).
From 1849 he was a professor at the University of Vienna. He is credited with the discoveries of acrolein and acrylic acid.[6] He also performed important research involving the composition of taurine.
References
- ↑ Johannes Uray, Organische Chemie in chemischer Forschung und Lehre an österreichischen Universitäten zwischen 1840 und 1870. In: Bericht über den 25. Österreichischen Historikertag in St. Pölten 2008. St. Pölten 2010, S 402-427.
- ↑ Redtenbacher Josef: "Oberhummer, W.". In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Vol. 9, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4, p. 13 f. (Direct links to "p. 13", "p. 14")
- ↑ Constant von Wurzbach (1868). "Redtenbacher, Josef]". Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich 25. Wien.
- ↑ Kohn, Moritz. (1947). "Joseph Redtenbacher". Journal of Chemical Education 24 (8): 366. doi:10.1021/ed024p366.
- ↑ "Josef Redtenbacher". Austria-Forum. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
- ↑ Discovery of Acrolein and Acrylic acid
External links
- Lauenburg (1888), "Redtenbacher, Joseph", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German) 27, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 542–543
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