Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Wehmer (20 September 1858 Freiburg, Kingdom of Hanover - 11 January 1935 Hannover, Germany), was a German chemist and

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. He worked on the production of citric acid by

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19th-century German chemists 1858 births 1935 deaths 20th-century German chemists {{Germany-chemist-stub