Friedrich Rochleder

Who was Friedrich Rochleder?

Friedrich Rochleder was an Austrian chemist born in Vienna.

Son of pharmacist Anton Rochleder, he studied medicine at the University of Vienna, earning his doctorate in 1842. Afterwards he studied chemistry in Giessen with Justus von Liebig, followed by several months spent in Paris and London. In 1845 he was appointed professor of technical chemistry at the newly founded technical academy in Lviv. Later he served as professor of chemistry at Charles University in Prague, and professor of general and pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of Vienna. In 1848 he became a full member of the Academy of Sciences in Vienna.