Albert Hilger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German chemist and pharmacologist
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Place of Birth: Homburg, Saarland, Germany
About Albert Hilger
- Albert Hilger (2 May 1839 in Homburg – 18 May 1905 in Possenhofen) was a German pharmacologist and chemist, known for his work in the field of food chemistry.He worked as a pharmacy assistant in the cities of Mannheim, Karlsruhe and Saarbrucken, and studied mathematics and sciences at the Polytechnic in Karlsruhe.
- In 1860 he continued his education at the University of Würzburg, receiving his PhD two years later in Heidelberg.
- Later on, he spent several years as an assistant to chemist Johann Joseph Scherer at Würzburg.In 1868 he established a private agricultural-chemistry laboratory, and during the following year, obtained his habilitation at Würzburg.
- In 1872 he became an associate professor of pharmacy and applied chemistry at the University of Erlangen, where in 1875 he attained a full professorship.
- In 1892 he succeeded Ludwig Andreas Buchner as a professor at the University of Munich.
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