Wilhelm Fleischmann

Wilhelm Fleischmann (1837 to 1920) was a German agriculturist and chemist, born in Erlangen, known for his work on the chemistry of milk. He began work on agricultural chemistry in Justus von Liebig's laboratory in 1862, taught at the Realschule in Memmingen from 1864 to 1867 and was principal of the Realschule at Lindau from 1867 to 1876. For the next ten years he directed the first dairy experiment station in Germany, near Lalendorf in Mecklenburg, then from 1886 to 1896 directed the Agricultural Institute at Königsberg and after 1896 the one at Göttingen, where he died. His books include the Handbuch des Molkereiwesens of 1876 and the Lehrbuch der Milchwirtschaft of 1908, which was translated into English and Russian.