Albert Boehringer
Albert Boehringer | |
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Boehringer, c. 1905 | |
| Born | Albert Boehringer August 11, 1861 |
| Died | March 11, 1939 (aged 77) Nieder-Ingelheim, now Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany |
| Occupations | Chemist; industrialist |
| Organization | C. H. Boehringer Sohn |
| Known for | Founder of Boehringer Ingelheim |
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| Children | 8, including Albert (1890–1960) and Ernst (1896–1965) |
Albert Boehringer (11 August 1861 – 11 March 1939) was a German chemist and industrialist who founded the chemical and pharmaceutical company C. H. Boehringer Sohn in Nieder-Ingelheim in 1885, the enterprise that later became Boehringer Ingelheim. He pioneered the industrial production of lactic acid by bacterial fermentation (1890s) and launched the firm’s first pharmaceutical specialty, Laudanon (1912/1915).