Josef Redtenbacher, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Josef Redtenbacher

Austrian chemist and botanist (1810-1870)

Date of Birth: 13-Mar-1810

Place of Birth: Kirchdorf an der Krems, Upper Austria, Austria

Date of Death: 05-Mar-1870

Profession: professor, chemist, botanist

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Josef Redtenbacher (March 13, 1810 – March 5, 1870) was an Austrian chemist born in Kirchdorf an der Krems, Upper Austria.
He was a brother to entomologist Ludwig Redtenbacher (1814–1876). He studied medicine and botany at the University of Vienna, and was influenced by the work of mineralogist Friedrich Mohs.
After graduation, he remained in Vienna as an assistant to chemist Joseph Franz von Jacquin.
He later travelled to Germany, where he studied mineralogy under Heinrich Rose in Berlin and organic chemistry with Justus von Liebig at the University of Giessen.Subsequently, he became a professor of chemistry at the University of Prague, and in 1849, returned to Vienna as a successor to Adolf Martin Pleischl.
Shortly before his death, he was planning, together with architect Heinrich von Ferstel, construction of a new university laboratory in Vienna.He is credited with the discoveries of acrolein and acrylic acid.
He also performed important research involving the composition of taurine.



Alternative names	dauthage adolf; adolf dauthage
Description	Austrian lithographer and painter
Date of birth/death	20 February 1825	3 June 1883
Location of birth/death	Vienna	Rustendorf, today part of Vienna
Work location	Vienna
Authority control	: Q361212 VIAF: 2735389 ISNI: 0000 0000 5519 9177 ULAN: 500357916 LCCN: n97874380 GND: 133233170 WorldCat