Ludwig Barth zu Barthenau (17 January 1839 – 3 August 1890) was an Austrian chemist born in Rovereto.
He studied under Justus von Liebig (1803-1873) at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, and in 1867 was appointed professor of chemistry at the University of Innsbruck. In 1876, he succeeded Heinrich Hlasiwetz (1825-1875) as professor of chemistry at the University of Vienna.
He is remembered for his studies of benzol derivatives, and is credited with the discovery of resorcinol. With Adolf Lieben (1836-1914), he founded the journal Monatshefte für Chemie. AEIOU, Austria-Forum Published works Über die Einwirkung des Chlors auf den Amylalkohol, 1861 – The action of chlorine on amyl alcohol. Über die Einwirkung des Broms auf Glycerin, 1862 – The action of bromine on glycerol.Google Search published works
References Scholars in stone and bronze: (biography)