Ludwig Barth zu Barthenau


Ludwig Barth zu Barthenau was an Austrian chemist born in Rovereto.
He studied under Justus von Liebig in Munich, and in 1867 was appointed professor of chemistry at the University of Innsbruck. In 1876 he succeeded Heinrich Hlasiwetz as professor of chemistry at the University of Vienna.
He is remembered for his studies of benzol derivatives, and is credited with the discovery of resorcinol. With Adolf Lieben he founded the journal Monatshefte für Chemie.

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