Ulrich Freimuth

Ulrich Freimuth (born October 16, 1914 in Wismar ; † November 11, 2014 in Dresden ) was a German food chemist . From 1953 to 1980 he held the chair for food chemistry at the TU Dresden . He also became known through his co-authorship of the extensive volume Analysis of Food , known as "Rauscher / Engst / Freimuth".

Life

Freimuth first studied pharmacy and later food chemistry with Benno Bleyer in Munich and Kurt Täufel in Dresden. In Täufel doctorate Freimuth in 1948. For his habilitation he did research at the former Institute for Animal Breeding Research of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of the GDR in Rostock on the then still partly unexplored milk proteins.

After completing his habilitation, he was appointed to the chair for food chemistry at the TH Dresden in 1953, which he held until the 1979 winter semester. The focus of his work was "the research of nutritionally relevant changes in proteins during the processing of protein-rich foods." Thanks to Freimuth, the institute had modern instrumental methods of food research and passed these on in advanced training courses to food chemists who worked in practice. He supervised around 50 dissertations and several habilitation theses. According to former employees, Freimuth "increasingly came into conflict with the SED's university policy." Despite hostility, "he maintained a climate of tolerance and free opinion formation at his institute until he left."

Academic awards and memberships

since 1971 full member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences
1993 Joseph Koenig commemorative coin of the Society of German Chemists
For many years chairman of the “Fachverband Lebensmittelchemie” of the Chemical Society of the GDR
member of the international Codex Alimentarius Commission for several years

Publications (selection)

Rudolf Engst, Ulrich Freimuth: Analysis of food. Introduction and instructions for the analysis of foodstuffs of plant and animal origin including foreign substances and drinking water , founded by K. Rauscher, 2nd edition, Fachbuchverlag, Leipzig 1986.
W. Crecelius, U. Freimuth, GO Harnapp: Nutrition. Guidelines for the Nutrition of the Healthy and the Sick. 3rd completely revised edition, Th. Steinkopff, Dresden and Leipzig 1965 (first edition 1954).

Web links

Literature by and about Ulrich Freimuth in the catalog of the German National Library
Page about Freimuth of the Saxon Academy of Sciences

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c Eberhard Ludwig , Werner Krause , Thomas Henle : Professor Ulrich Freimuth turned 90 . In: Dresden University Journal . No. 16, 2004, p. 11 ( online ).

personal data
SURNAME	Freimuth, Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German food chemist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 16, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wismar
DATE OF DEATH	November 11, 2014
Place of death	Dresden

[UJ-1] A ^b ^c Eberhard Ludwig , Werner Krause , Thomas Henle : Professor Ulrich Freimuth turned 90 . In: Dresden University Journal . No. 16, 2004, p. 11 ( online ).