Heinrich Caro
Heinrich Caro · Science & Medicine
Industrial chemist known for synthetic dyes and Caro's acid
1834, Posen, Kingdom of Prussia (now Poznań, Poland) — 1910, Dresden, Germany
Germany · England
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Caro was an industrial chemist who, after training in Manchester's dye industry, became a scientific director at BASF and drove the industrial synthesis of dyes such as alizarin and methylene blue; the oxidizing reagent Caro's acid bears his name. He came from a Jewish merchant family.
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Industrial chemist known for synthetic dyes and Caro's acid
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