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Carl Dietrich Harries
German chemist
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- Born:
- Aug. 5, 1866, Luckenwalde, Ger.
- Died:
- Nov. 3, 1923, Berlin (aged 57)
- Subjects Of Study:
- rubber
- synthetic rubber
Carl Dietrich Harries (born Aug. 5, 1866, Luckenwalde, Ger.—died Nov. 3, 1923, Berlin) was a German chemist and industrialist who developed the ozonolysis process (Harries reaction) for determining the structure of natural rubber (polyisoprene) and who contributed to the early development of synthetic rubber. Harries studied chemistry at the University of Jena (1886–88), spent a year at Adolf von Baeyer’s chemical research laboratory at Munich, and received a doctorate (1890) from the University of Berlin. At Berlin he became August Wilhelm von Hofmann’s private assistant and lecture assistant (1890–92) and assistant at the institute of Emil Fischer, who succeeded Hofmann ...(100 of 389 words)