Herman Klare Explained

Hermann Klare
Birth Date:	12 May 1909
Birth Place:	Hamelin, Lower Saxony
Death Place:	Dresden, Saxony
Nationality:	German
Awards:	Lomonosov Gold Medal (1976)

Hermann Klare (12 May 1909  - 22 August 2003) was a chemistry academic who played a prominent role in scientific administration and research in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Klare held professorships at the Technical University Leuna-Merseburg and at Humboldt University (Berlin). From 1968 to 1979 he was president of the German Academy of Sciences (renamed the Academy of Sciences of the GDR in 1972).^{[1] [2]}

Publications

• Technology and chemistry of synthetic polyamide fibers. Berlin 1954
• Synthetic polyamide fibers: technology and chemistry. Berlin 1963 (as co-author)
• The Academy of Sciences of the GDR: the 275th anniversary of the founding of the Academy. Berlin 1975
• History of chemical fiber research to the present. Berlin 1985

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mitarbeiter - Mitglieder der Vorgänger-Akademien. www.bbaw.de.
2. Web site: Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur | Recherche | Biographische Datenbanken.