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Redtenbacher, Josef
© Copyright Josef Redtenbacher, lithograph by A. Dauthage, 1854 Redtenbacher, Josef, b. Kirchdorf an der Krems (Upper Austria), March 12, 1810, d. Vienna, March 5, 1870, chemist, brother of Ludwig Redtenbacher; from 1849 professor at Vienna University, where he instigated the building of a Department of Chemistry. Discovered acrolein, acrylic acid and the fermentation of glycerine through yeast; also researched taurine. Literature: ÖBL.
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