!!!Redtenbacher, Josef

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.

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