Josef Houben
Academic
1875 – 1940
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Who was Josef Houben?
Heinrich Hubert Maria Josef Houben was a German chemist. He made achievements within ketone synthesis, terpenes, and camphor studies. After being wounded several times on the front lines in World War I, Houben was made head of the war laboratory. He improved the Hoesch reaction which is now normally called Houben-Hoesch reaction. Houben organized and made a major rework of the book Methods of Organic Chemistry which is now referred to as Houben-Weyl Methods of Organic Chemistry.
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- Born
- Oct 27, 1875
Waldfeucht - Also known as
- J. Houben
- Nationality
- Germany
- Education
- University of Bonn
- Died
- Jun 28, 1940
Tübingen
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on July 23, 2013
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