Karl Johann Freudenberg (1886-1983)

Karl Johann Freudenberg ForMemRS (29 January 1886 Weinheim, Baden - 3 April 1983 Weinheim) was a German chemist.

Life
His grandfather Carl Johann Freudenberg was a tanner and businessman, who in 1849, with Heinrich Christian Heintze, founded Freudenberg Group. 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 Chemistry from 1936 to 1969.

Works

 * Chemie der natürlichen Gerbstoffe (1920)
 * Stereochemie (1933)
 * Tannin, Cellulose, Lignin (1933)