Reichenbach Karl

Reichenbach, Karl, Baron von (1788-1869), was born at Stuttgart, and became a doctor of philosophy. One of his first projects was to found a German settlement in the South Sea Islands, but this was nipped in the bud by his arrest and imprisonment at the order of Napoleon. He devoted himself to science, and discovered paraffin in 1831, and creosote in 1833, and became a great authority on meteoric stones. He established factories in Moravia, and made a large fortune, and was created Baron by the King of Wiirtemburg.