Franz Karl Achard

Franz Karl Achard
Franz Karl Achard
Born28 April 1753 (1753-04-28)
Berlin, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Holy Roman Empire
Died20 April 1821 (1821-04-21) (aged 67)
Wohlau, Province of Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation
NationalityPrussia
Known forSugar
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics, chemistry, biology, geoscience
Academic advisorsAndreas Sigismund Marggraf

Franz Karl Achard (28 April 1753 – 20 April 1821) was a German (Prussian) chemist, geoscientist, physicist, and biologist. His principal discovery was the production of sugar from sugar beets.[1][2]

  1. ^ Achard (1799) "Procédé d'extraction du sucre de bette" (Process for extracting sugar from beets), Annales de Chimie, 32 : 163-168.
  2. ^ Wolff, G. (1953). "Franz Karl Achard, 1753–1821; a contribution of the cultural history of sugar". Medizinische Monatsschrift. 7 (4): 253–4. PMID 13086516.